What is the word for fear of fear?
I thought this would be easy to find, recall, or previously asked, but I've looked around and couldn't find it (phobia list).
It is simply phobiaphobia? Or phobophobia?
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I thought this would be easy to find, recall, or previously asked, but I've looked around and couldn't find it (phobia list).
It is simply phobiaphobia? Or phobophobia?
You are correct - the word for this is phobophobia