phobophobia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

phobophobia (uncountable)

1. The fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia.
   • 2004 July 26, Heather Hatfield, “The Fear Factor: Phobias”, in WebMD‎^[1]:

     When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid.

   • 2014, Adrian Vermeule, The Constitution of Risk:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:phobophobia.

Synonyms

• phobiaphobia

Translations

fear of fear

• Armenian: ֆոբոֆոբիա (fobofobia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐恐懼症 / 恐恐惧症 (kǒng kǒngjùzhèng)

• Finnish: fobofobia
• French: phobophobie (fr) f
• German: Phobophobie f
• Greek: φοβοφοβία (el) f (fovofovía)
• Italian: fobofobia f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 공포공포증(恐怖恐怖症) (gongpogongpojeung)
• Norwegian: fobofobi (no) m
• Portuguese: fobofobia (pt) f
• Russian: фобофо́бия (ru) f (fobofóbija)
• Spanish: fobofobia (es) f
• Turkish: fobofobi (tr)