coronoia
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This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology
Noun
coronoia (uncountable)
- Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus.
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- Writing this piece, just when I thought I needed to forge a new word ‘Coronoia’, to suitably denote the exponential spread of irrational fears of this novel virus, I found that it has recently been suggested to the Collins dictionary, and is under consideration.]
- 2021 November 6, “Coronaspeak so contagious it'll outlast covidiots”, in Sydney Morning Herald, page 11:
- Leaving home felt risky at first, our senses haunted by coronoia, the daily infodemic, the doughnut dreams. (Hang on - where's my mask?) Since often we'd forget that sacred cloth, suffering a brain fade on the doormat, enforcing a respirouette.