Meaning of deathfear | Babel Free

Definitions

Fear of death; panic that arises when death is present or imminent.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“[…] everybody in the world has known about since mankind started this civilization business but anyhow I never jumped out of any bus or been seized by deathfear like⟳ that only had bad dreams and splitting headaches and now and then a flood⟳ of whorehouse images.”

“[…] and sideways, whichever direction they could like⟳ chickens on flight in deathfear before slaughter, chased by billowing crowd and then battered to death.”

“Landing, I can see⟳ wreaths of flowers on the planecrash overpass. Twinge of deathfear. I unconsciously try⟳ to clean⟳ the blood from under my nails.”

“Correct⟳ understanding of the fourth dimension enables the planetary kin to understand⟳ the ignorance of deathfear, the chief failure of third-dimensional will.”

“So is born the dread memory-debilitating disease, deathfear.”

“"[…] Death-fear and death-wish were more than just neighbors, and many times the fear was a wish⟳ and the wish⟳ a fear."”

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