Meanings
nounthaasophobia (uncountable)
alternative thassophobia
- rareuncountableA fear of sitting around, or of boredom in general.
It’s common to decry our collective thaasophobia, or fear of boredom, manifested in our addiction to iPhone apps, the cable news crawl and ever mutating varieties of multitasking.
2010 January 21, Jennifer Schuessler, “Our Boredom, Ourselves”, in New York Times Book Review, Jan 24, 2010, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2010, page 23
Origin
From Ancient Greek θαάσσω (thaássō, “to sit idly”) + -phobia.
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APA
thaasophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaasophobia
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