thaasophobia

English

Alternative forms

  • thassophobia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαάσσω (thaássō, “to sit idly”) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

thaasophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A fear of sitting around, or of boredom in general.
    • 2010 January 21, Jennifer Schuessler, “Our Boredom, Ourselves”, in New York Times Book Review‎[1], Jan 24, 2010, archived from the original on 5 February 2010, page 23‎[2]:
      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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:thaasophobia.

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