Meanings
noundecidophobia (uncountable)
- humorousinformaluncountableReluctance to make decisions.
Rothery (1993b) has called this 'decidophobia'. One of the main elements of 'decidophobia' is wanting to do too much at once. You cannot possibly solve all the problems, or even answer all the questions you have, in one research project!
2003, Margaret Alston, Wendy Bowles, Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods, →ISBN
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Rhymes with decidophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
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decidophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decidophobia
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