koinophobia

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English

Etymology

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, common, general) and the modern English suffix -phobia, itself from the Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía, fear).[1]

Noun

koinophobia (uncountable)

  1. (neologism, rare) The fear of having lived an ordinary life.

References

  1. ^ Koenig, John (2021) “koinophobia”, in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 49–50