atychiphobia
Feb. 6th, 2014 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordatychiphobia (ah-tik-i-FOH-bee-uh) - n., fear of failure.
Not to be confused with kakorrhaphiophobia, which is closer to fear of defeat (which is how I feel about trying to pronounce it). When atychiphobia reached morbid levels, it can cause such risk-avoidance as to severely limit the person's life. From Greek roots, natch, atyches meaning unfortunate.
---L.
Not to be confused with kakorrhaphiophobia, which is closer to fear of defeat (which is how I feel about trying to pronounce it). When atychiphobia reached morbid levels, it can cause such risk-avoidance as to severely limit the person's life. From Greek roots, natch, atyches meaning unfortunate.
---L.
