Talk:Ailurophobia

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Notables
Apparently theres lots more people in history who suffered from this. I found this type of same reference in Usama Basra's articles, most were interesting fact pages and the like. 99DBSIMLR 17:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Alexander the Great
 * Julius Ceasar
 * Gengis Khan
 * Mussolini

You cannot add statements like this from various websites and newspapers, from articles of unknown authors who do not cite the source of this information. Only reputable biographical reference are allowable in such cases. `'юзырь:mikka 21:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't forget LaToya Jackson! If anybody deserves to be in a list with nearly every one of the most prolific geopolitical forces in human history, it's LaToya.

You have severely over estimaated LaToya's influence. a minor footnote at best 99.148.30.161 (talk) 23:46, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * This is exactly why this is the best motherfartin' article on the entire Ped of Wik. 74.94.21.101 (talk) 08:45, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Except for LaToya Jackson, all of those on this list were tyrants. It's easy to understand why they would despise cats for their independence and disobedience. Cats are highly able to extricate themselves from a bad relationship with a human. Fear? No. Any of these men could have had some flunky kill a cat that got into his presence. Pbrower2a (talk) 23:48, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Possible Bias?
This aricle seems very one sided about a fear of cats. It seems to be written by one who is afraid of cats or one who dislikes them, especialy the second paragraph. Does anyone agree? B katt 500 22:14, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree. It shows a very strong bias towards cats with little evidence to back it up. This article is truly a mess. 206.248.156.8 01:44, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

what kind of cats?
Does this phobia pertain only to domestic cats, or does it also include other felines such as lynx, cougars, tigers ect. I mean a fear of tigers would be expected, but does one with a cat phobia fear tigers more then average? 65.167.146.130 (talk) 21:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * A phobia is an irrational fear. There is normally nothing to fear from a domestic cat and being afraid of a domestic cat is irrational which makes it a phobia. On the other hand, being afraid of a tiger is perfectly rational. It would eat you if it could. Being afraid of a tiger is therefore not a phobia. Putney Bridge (talk) 22:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Greek
I'm not sure of this polecat weasel explanation. Actually, the classical Greek word for cat is indeed gale (galh), i.e. γαλή. This also means 'peaceful' as well as 'cat', and may have something to do with milk. If anyone else thinks this has more to do with the etymology than the weasel words (NPI) then please also add this and maybe change once verified. Eugene-elgato (talk) 17:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)


 * i also found out apparently ailouros specifically means 'tabby' cat, because the markings are know as lorides. Eugene-elgato (talk) 18:02, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Staring a real-life cat in real world is also an ailurophobia... However, it can sometimes cause someone to cringe and cause seizures.

I will try to clear things up. Galh (or "-gale" as used in scientific classic compound names of various cute tiny furred mammals) was mostly used for domesticated ferrets and weasels before the introduction of domesticated cats from Egypt that replaced the previous pets in their domestic utility role as vermin-hunters. Because cats were by far more prefered as pets they soon replaced weasel in the household and soon the term γαλή became synonymous to domestic cat. Aeluros on the other hand is more specifically synonymous to cat (feline) and its meaning includes wild cats (though it is questionable if it included the lion (λέων), so the generic feline fur patterns maybe related to the term). So we could say that:

galh/gale(γαλή) = domestic cat (most used), weasel(first used), small predatory mammal (as a wider term)

aeluros/ailuros (αίλουρος) = cat, feline

aeluroeidhs/ailourodis (literally ailuros-like) = feline or cat-like and so fourth it could be used as the description of tabby markings... lorides (λορίδες - λορίς sing) is a very flat term meaning stripes and I do not know if it is at any point etymologically related to ae-luros(?), but personally I think it as unlikely.

As about the shark... Galeos (Γαλέος) do reffer to some smaller species of shark and more specifically to Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in its modern greek use and propably the Starry Smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias) which has star like spots and its name is suspiciously similar to Mustela (ferret, weasel) so their etymologic relation may not be so far-fetched. I will try to find out if gale (γαλή) is etymologically related to gala (γάλα = milk). --Draco ignoramus sophomoricus (talk) 18:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Side effects from ailurophobia
- Epilepsy - Cringing and gnashing of teeth - Seizures —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.158.32.69 (talk) 08:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * As per what medical citation? Anything would be helpful: the most recent medical source currently cited is from 1960. Does this condition still exist as such? Possibly it has changed names/designation, or is no longer recognized. ParticipantObserver (talk) 09:18, 4 October 2018 (UTC)