Meaning of phobiaphobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The fear of fear itself.

uncountable

Examples

“A lot of fears have⟳ already been named for us; such as acrophobia (fear of high places), agoraphobia (fear of open⟳ places), zoophobia (fear of animals), phobiaphobia (fear of fear), etc. You need⟳ not, however, be limited to those already named and catalogued.”

“When unchecked, fear spawns a whole brood of phobias—fear of water, high places, closed rooms, darkness, loneliness, among others—and such an accumulation culminates in phobiaphobia or the fear of fear itself.”

“The arguments are familiar: the academy is for […] eliminating racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia, phobiaphobia, and prejudice in whatever form⟳ today's fevered imaginariums of offence can conjure.”

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