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coronaphobia

noun

Etymology

From corona(virus) + -phobia.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to bend, turn”
  2. derived from κορώνη — “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”
  3. derived from corōna — “garland, wreath; crown”
  4. suffixed as coronaphobia — “coronavirus + phobia”

Definitions

  1. Fear or hysteria caused by COVID-19 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • And, as Weaver noted, there wasn't any toilet paper on the shelves—all due to what some are calling "coronaphobia".
    • The global freezing (of economic activity) wrought by coronaphobia is shaking what has become an orthodoxy since the Global Financial Crisis that central banks are the new masters of the universe.
    • It came as a poll last week revealed two thirds of Brits were suffering from “coronaphobia” and were too scared to leave the house or return to work.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for coronaphobia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA