nonafraid
adjEtymology From non- + afraid.
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Not afraid; unafraid; fearless.
- With a warm, nonafraid listener, you can move into the scary material much more deeply than you could alone.1979, Evelyn Shapiro, Barry Shapiro, The Women Say, the Men Say, page 112:
- Children learn how nonafraid individuals handle situations.1994, Charles Schaefer, Howard L. Millman, How to Help Children with Common Problems, page 93:
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- One chemist told me that because chemists learn how to limit their personal exposure to chemicals in laboratory settings, they tend to be less concerned about chemical risk generally: "chemists tend to be very nonafraid of things” because “you work with chemicals, and you learn how to deal with them.”2016, Alissa Cordner, Toxic Safety, page 60: