fearthought

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Excessive and unhealthy apprehensiveness; unnecessary fearfulness.

Word forms

fearthought

Etymology

Blend of fear + forethought. Coined by Horace Fletcher as part of New Thought Movement at the turn of the twentieth century.

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