Moreauphobia (n.)

A strong and irrational fear of animals (cartoon or otherwise) dressed up to look like as humans, particularly the ones that walk around on their hind legs in total defiance of terrestrial biology. (Ugh! Someone get me a hammer!)

Pronounced ‘more-row-phobia’, the condition derives its name from the H G Wells novel, The Island of Doctor Moreau, in which various animals were cruelly given human features by a twisted old surgeon who liked sewing bits of different creatures together. In many cases, sufferers have acquired this affliction from reading the aforementioned novel at too early and impressionable an age.

Not to be confused with ‘morosophobia’.

Posted on Monday - April 25, 2005 at 12:47 PM

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Moreauphobia (n.)

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