单词 | polyphobia |
释义 | > as lemmaspolyphobia polyphobia n. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈfəʊbɪə/ , U.S. /ˌpɑləˈfoʊbiə/ , /ˌpɑliˈfoʊbiə/ fear of many things.ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. XVI. 4607/1 Polyphobia, morbid fear of many things: nearly equivalent to pantophobia. 1980 Verbatim Autumn 5/2 It occurred to me that many of the names of our many phobias could cause as many problems as the actual phobias themselves... I give you the following examples:..polyphobia..[fear of] many things. 2000 Boston Globe (Nexis) 20 Feb. l1 Shawn's personal foibles were so legendary (the polyphobia, the corn flakes lunches at the Algonquin). < as lemmas |
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