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Ailurophobia is the technical term for an abnormal fear of what?
Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Europe but throughout his life suffered from
ailurophobia, the fear of cats.
For another example of meaning-based pseudo-paradigm, I would like to give the following X -- X-phobia pairs: (7) X X-phobia air anemophobia cats
ailurophobia, felinophobia, galeophobia clouds nephophobia corpses necrophobia fish ichthyophobia
Remember,
ailurophobia need not necessarily be for life but no house is a home without a cat!.
William Shakespeare, Benito Mussolini, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, and Alexander the Great all suffered from
ailurophobia or the fear of cats