Ailurophobia

Ailurophobk ailouros, "cat"), also known as aelurophobia, felinophobia (from feles, Latin for cat) and elurophobia, is fear of cats. Some people only fear greater cats, like lions and tigers, while others may only fear lesser wild cats, like ocelots and sand cats. Sufferers who have cats in their home would stay in a room that doesn't contain a cat and have the door closed at all times. People fear house cats because they are afraid that they may get bitten by them, cats breaking things, or even getting annoyed by cats meowing.

Ailurophobia is most commonly treated using, which involves first touching different velvets, then getting accustomed to a toy kitten, then finally a live kitten.

Famous people that had this phobia include Napoleon Bonaparte, Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and King Henry III of France. and in fiction a numerous of character have this phobia one of the more famous examples is the Creepers from Minecraft who will actively run away from cats if a cat or an ocelot is nearby. another example of a character with Ailurophobia would be Imhotep from the Mummy has a fear of cats, since he is a living corpse and cats have associations as guardians of the underworld in Egyptian mythology. Some other examples would be Ranma Saotome from the Ranma 1/2 manga, Sal Vulcano from Impractical Jokers and Mashiro Munetani from the anime High School Fleet all have Ailuruphobia