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coronaphobia

coronaphobia noun: fear or hysteria caused by COVID-19 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Noun

coronaphobia

  1. (neologism) Fear or hysteria caused by COVID-19 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • And, as Weaver noted, there wasn't any toilet paper on the shelves—all due to what some are calling "coronaphobia".2020 March 8, Charlie Smith, “B.C. MLA Andrew Weaver expresses his exasperation over a coronaphobia-induced run on toilet paper”, in Georgia Straight
    • The global freezing (of economic activity) wrought by coronaphobia is shaking what has become an orthodoxy since the Global Financial Crisis that central banks are the new masters of the universe.2020 March 16, Ben Ong, “The crash we have to have”, in Financial Standard, volume 18, number 5, page 28

Examples of coronaphobia in a sentence

  • It came as a poll last week revealed two thirds of Brits were suffering from “coronaphobia” and were too scared to leave the house or return to work.2020 May 3, Henry Holloway, “Lidl becomes ‘first supermarket to close a UK store due to coronavirus’ after staff struck down with bug”, in...
  • If you think you might have coronaphobia, and one of your worries is that this problem is destined to be with you for life, keep this in mind: “Health anxiety can be transient,” Taylor says.2021 February 9, Stacey Colino, “‘Coronaphobia’: Covid anxiety has a name. Here’s how to cope.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C....

Origin of coronaphobia

From corona(virus) + -phobia.

Questions about coronaphobia

What does coronaphobia mean?
Coronaphobia means fear or hysteria caused by COVID-19 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
How do you use coronaphobia in a sentence?
It came as a poll last week revealed two thirds of Brits were suffering from “coronaphobia” and were too scared to leave the house or return to work.
What part of speech is coronaphobia?
Coronaphobia is a noun.

Words near coronaphobia in the dictionary

  1. coronamycins
  2. coronand
  3. coronands
  4. coronant
  5. coronants
  6. coronaphobia
  7. coronapocalypse
  8. coronaridine
  9. coronaries
  10. coronariography
  11. coronaroangiography

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