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thaasophobia

thaasophobia noun: a fear of sitting around, or of boredom in general.

Noun

thaasophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A fear of sitting around, or of boredom in general.
    • It’s common to decry our collective thaasophobia, or fear of boredom, manifested in our addiction to iPhone apps, the cable news crawl and ever mutating varieties of multitasking.2010 January 21, Jennifer Schuessler, “Our Boredom, Ourselves”, in New York Times Book Review, Jan 24, 2010, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2010, page 23

Forms of thaasophobia

alternative formthassophobia

Origin of thaasophobia

From Ancient Greek θαάσσω (thaássō, “to sit idly”) + -phobia.

Questions about thaasophobia

What does thaasophobia mean?
Thaasophobia means a fear of sitting around, or of boredom in general.
What part of speech is thaasophobia?
Thaasophobia is a noun.

Words near thaasophobia in the dictionary

  1. THAAD
  2. thaali
  3. thaalis
  4. Thaana
  5. thaas
  6. thaasophobia
  7. thaat
  8. thaats
  9. thaba
  10. Thabaton
  11. thabilitho

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