A person who holds an intense and irrational fear of
people who illustrate, cosplay as, or otherwise relate with personified animals. This fear often manifests itself as intense hatred toward the
large-scale community commonly known as "Furries." Anthrozoophobes openly mock and demean
people not only in the community but also other
people who do not harbor this phobia. Anthrozoophobes often conflate the furry community with Zoophilia which is a strawman argument intended to discredit diverging viewpoints from their own. As the furry community is incredibly diverse, Anthrozoophones also can be transphobic, homophobic, and ableist as they
don't understand the intricacies of such a large, shared sense of community.
Person 1: "Can you even believe your friend? I thought they were
cool!"
Person 2: "What do you mean? They've found a neat outlet for their creativity they would not otherwise be able to express normally."
Person 1: "Why would they ever want to identify with
furries though? They're so disgusting and vile!"
Person 2: "
Don't be such an anthrozoophobe. I thought you were good friends."