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phobophobia

phobophobia noun: the fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia.

Noun

phobophobia (uncountable)

  1. 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:
    phobiaphobia

phobophobia meaning in Tamil

phobophobia in Tamil

அச்ச அச்சம், மருள் அச்சம்

Synonyms of phobophobia

Origin of phobophobia

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

Words that rhyme with phobophobia

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Questions about phobophobia

What does phobophobia mean?
Phobophobia means the fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia.
What is phobophobia in Tamil?
Phobophobia in Tamil is அச்ச அச்சம், மருள் அச்சம். See Phobophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phobophobia?
Phobophobia is a noun.

Words near phobophobia in the dictionary

  1. phobo-
  2. phobocracies
  3. phobocracy
  4. phobocratic
  5. phobogenic
  6. phobophobia
  7. phoborhodopsin
  8. Phobos
  9. Phobosian
  10. Phobosians
  11. phobosophy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phobophobia (page history and authors); phobophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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