paraphobia
English
Etymology
para- + phobia
Noun
paraphobia (plural not attested)
- A mild form of phobia, causing only unwillingness or hesitancy.
- 1918, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record (volume 94, page 284)
- The state of apprehension already mentioned as the only conscious feeling of intensity may exceptionally lead to impulsive acts or to a paraphobia.
- 1918, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record (volume 94, page 284)