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phobophobia

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11 lettersPart of speech nounSorted abbhhioooppStarts with PEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a morbid fear of developing a phobia

Word origin

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) + -phobia, equivalent to phobo- + -phobia.

Used in a sentence

  • When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid.
  • In particular, the rulemakers – here judges who craft free speech doctrine – may themselves display a pathological fear of succumbing to pathological fear, a kind of phobophobia.

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