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fearthought

noun

Etymology

Blend of fear + forethought. Coined by Horace Fletcher as part of New Thought Movement at the turn of the twentieth century.

  1. inherited from *foreþōht✻
  2. inherited from forethouht
  3. compounded as fearthought — “fear + forethought”

Definitions

  1. Excessive and unhealthy apprehensiveness

    Excessive and unhealthy apprehensiveness; unnecessary fearfulness.

    • The “misery-habit,” the “martyr-habit,” engendered by the prevalent “fearthought,” get pungent criticism from the mind-cure writers ...

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