phobophobia

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

phobophobia (uncountable)

1. The fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia.
   • 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.

Translations

fear of fear

• Armenian: ֆոբոֆոբիա (fobofobia)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: fobofobia
• French: phobophobie (fr) f
• German: Phobophobie f
• Greek: φοβοφοβία f (fovofovía)
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• Italian: fobofobia f
• Korean: 공포공포증 (gongpogongpojeung)
• Norwegian: fobofobi (no) m
• Portuguese: fobofobia (pt) f
• Russian: фобофо́бия (ru) f (fobofóbija)
• Spanish: fobofobia (es) f
• Turkish: fobofobi (tr)