phobophobia

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) +‎ -phobia, equivalent to phobo- +‎ -phobia.

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

phobophobia (uncountable)

1. The fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia.
   • 2004 July 26, Heather Hatfield, “The Fear Factor: Phobias”, in WebMD‎^[1]:

     When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid.

   • 2014, Adrian Vermeule, The Constitution of Risk:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:phobophobia.

• phobiaphobia