Citations:selachophobia

English citations of selachophobia

Noun: fear of sharks

• 2004, Phil Keoghan, Warren Berger, No Opportunity Wasted: 8 Ways to Create a List for the Life You Want.‎^[1], page 49:

  But Shane was having trouble enjoying the moment—perhaps because the other swimmers circling around him all happened to be sharks. ¶ This would be enough to make anyone uneasy, but it was even worse for Shane because he suffered from selachophobia—a persistent and acute fear of sharks.

• 2008, Filip M. Olsson et al., New developments in the psychology of motivation‎^[2], →ISBN, page 48:

  But without the proper explanation and interpretation of a bite, each "attack" strengthens the public's negative perception of sharks, and reinforces the ubiquitous selachophobia.

• 2003, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, Contemporary legend: the journal of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research‎^[3]:

  Of course, selachophobia or fear of sharks would seem to make shark attacks an inevitable theme for urban legends.