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  • noun Plural form of ailurophobe.

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Examples

  • If modern society had taken up disliking cats rather than tobacco, Swedish ailurophobes would be going to Environmental Courts to force neighbors to keep their cats indoors.

    Stromata Blog: 2007

  • If modern society had taken up disliking cats rather than tobacco, Swedish ailurophobes would be going to Environmental Courts to force neighbors to keep their cats indoors.

    Petty Totalitarianism and Its Consequences 2007

  • People who are not at all afraid of cats, but hate them, are also ailurophobes.

    Bigotry and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 2005

  • People who are terrified of cats are ailurophobes.

    Bigotry and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 2005

  • Rodent-hunting cats proved so valuable that the Egyptians considered them representations of the gods, a designation that conveniently helped protect the cat from ancient ailurophobes.

    unknown title 2009

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