Meanings
nounparaphobia (plural not attested)
- no pluralA mild form of phobia, causing only unwillingness or hesitancy.
The state of apprehension already mentioned as the only conscious feeling of intensity may exceptionally lead to impulsive acts or to a paraphobia.
1918, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 94, page 284
Origin
From para- + phobia, by analogy with paraphilia.
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