When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid.
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Phobophobia
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13 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ֆոբոֆոբիա noun (fear of fear)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 恐恐懼症 /恐恐惧症 noun (fear of fear)
Finnish
1 entries- fobofobia noun (fear of fear)
French
1 entries- phobophobie noun (fear of fear)
German
1 entries- Phobophobie noun (fear of fear)
Greek
1 entries- φοβοφοβία noun (fear of fear)
Italian
1 entries- fobofobia noun (fear of fear)
Korean
1 entries- 공포공포증 noun (fear of fear)
Norwegian
1 entries- fobofobi noun (fear of fear)
Portuguese
1 entries- fobofobia noun (fear of fear)
Russian
1 entries- фобофо́бия noun (fear of fear)
Spanish
1 entries- fobofobia noun (fear of fear)
Turkish
1 entries- fobofobi noun (fear of fear)
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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.
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