deathfear

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deathfear

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From death + fear.

noun death-fear · death fear

rare, uncountable Fear of death; panic that arises when death is present or imminent. […] everybody in the world has known about since mankind started this civilization business but anyhow I never jumped out of any bus or been seized by deathfear like that only had bad dreams and splitting headaches and now and then a flood of whorehouse images.
Similar: thanatophobia

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@misc{deathfear_2026,
  title = {deathfear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deathfear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}