atychiphobe
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓τῠχής (atukhḗs, “unfortunate”) + -phobe.
Noun
atychiphobe (plural atychiphobes)
- Someone suffering from atychiphobia.
- 2013, David Jeremiah, What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 90:
- Perhaps only a few of us are atychiphobes, but nearly all of us have felt the fear of failure to some degree.
- 2017, Campbell Macpherson, The Change Catalyst: Secrets to Successful and Sustainable Business Change, Wiley, →ISBN:
- In essence, the atychiphobe seeks to avoid, at whatever cost, the same experience he or she may have endured that triggered such a potent and irrational fear of failure.
- 2019, Andrew Thompson, Spiders, Clowns and Great Mole Rats: Over 150 Phobias That Will Freak You Out, from Arachnophobia to Zemmiphobia, Ulysses Press, →ISBN:
- While most people experience anxiety or doubt regarding success in any endeavor, atychiphobes often have an extreme lack of confidence in their abilities that results in a fear of ridicule over their failure.