polyphobia
English
Etymology
poly- + -phobia
Noun
polyphobia (usually uncountable, plural polyphobias)
- Fear of many things; a collection of fears.
- 2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself
- Obviously it was related to the entire gestalt of Simon's polyphobia and compensatory counterphobia. The boys used to watch horror movies on late-night television […]
- 2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself
- Opposition to or prejudice against polyamory.
- 1997 September 13, John R. Snead, Worrying about polyphobia, alt.polyamory, Usenet:
- Just how bad a problem is polyphobia? I'm not willing to live anyplace where I have to be closeted [...]
- 1997 September 13, John R. Snead, Worrying about polyphobia, alt.polyamory, Usenet:
Related terms
- polyphobe
- polyphobic