phobophobia en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) + -phobia, equivalent to phobo- + -phobia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia.
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid.
2004 July 26, Heather Hatfield, “The Fear Factor: Phobias”, in WebMD: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.
2014, Adrian Vermeule, The Constitution of Risk:
Synonyms
Translations (13)
de Phobophobie (fear of fear) · ru фобофо́бия (fear of fear) · es fobofobia (fear of fear) · ko 공포공포증 (fear of fear) · pt fobofobia (fear of fear) · el φοβοφοβία (fear of fear) · hy ֆոբոֆոբիա (fear of fear) · cmn 恐恐懼症 /恐恐惧症 (fear of fear) · it fobofobia (fear of fear) · tr fobofobi (fear of fear) · fi fobofobia (fear of fear) · no fobofobi (fear of fear) · fr phobophobie (fear of fear)