English Explanatory Dictionary

koinophobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fear of having lived an ordinary, mundane life.
  2. The fear of being perceived as boring or uninteresting.

Word forms

koinophobia

Etymology

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common, general”) and the modern English suffix -phobia, itself from the Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía, “fear”).

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