Gynophobia vs Cynophobia - What's the difference?
gynophobia | cynophobia |
Fear or hatred of women.
An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
* 2001 , Steven R. Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training: Etiology and Assessment of Behavior Problems , ISBN 0813828686, p. 164.
As nouns the difference between gynophobia and cynophobia
is that gynophobia is fear or hatred of women while cynophobia is an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.gynophobia
English
Noun
(-)Antonyms
* gynophilia (love of women) * androphobia (fear of men)cynophobia
English
Noun
(en noun)- This finding has significant implications for the study of cynophobia , since one would expect from the classical conditioning model of fear that a dog bite should have a lasting negative impact on a child's attitude toward dogs.
