A phobia is by definition an irrational fear.
Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of enclosed spaces.
Ailurophobia is an irrational fear of cats. (And, as a friend of
mine has observed, tooraloorailurophobia is an irrational fear of
Irish cats.)
-- Marty Helgesen <MNHCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
