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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκᾰτᾰγελᾰ́ω“to ridicule, mock, jeer”
- English todaycatagelophobia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́ω (kătăgelắō, “to ridicule, mock, jeer”) + -phobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
catagelophobia
Today it means: Fear of being ridiculed Full definition →
Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́ω