Decidophobia

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Reluctance to make decisions. humorous, informal, uncountable

    "Rothery (1993b) has called this 'decidophobia'. One of the main elements of 'decidophobia' is wanting to do too much at once. You cannot possibly solve all the problems, or even answer all the questions you have, in one research project!"

Example

More examples

"Rothery (1993b) has called this 'decidophobia'. One of the main elements of 'decidophobia' is wanting to do too much at once. You cannot possibly solve all the problems, or even answer all the questions you have, in one research project!"

Etymology

From decide + -phobia.

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