Meaning of coronoia | Babel Free

Definitions

Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus.

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Examples

“Writing this piece, just when I thought I needed to forge a new word ‘Coronoia’, to suitably denote the exponential spread of irrational fears of this novel virus, I found that it has recently been suggested to the Collins dictionary, and is under consideration.”

“Leaving home felt risky at first, our senses haunted by coronoia, the daily infodemic, the doughnut dreams. (Hang on - where's my mask?) Since often we'd forget that sacred cloth, suffering a brain fade on the doormat, enforcing a respirouette.”

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