koinophobia

noun — 2 senses

koinophobia

noun

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”).

Neologism, Rare The fear of having lived an ordinary, mundane life.

Neologism, Rare The fear of being perceived as boring or uninteresting.

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