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catagelophobia

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catagelophobia [¦kad·ə¦jel·ə¦fō·bē·ə]
(psychology)
An abnormal fear of ridicule.


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Much has been made of Rothschild's private nature, and he seems to have an instinctive grasp of how to turn any weaker personality traits - perhaps even catagelophobia, the fear of being ridiculed - to his advantage, cultivating an air of quiet steel, rather in the way that Charles Saatchi or Kate Moss have long traded on the intriguing power of saying nothing at all.
Kenophobia has everything to do with voids or empty spaces and nothing to do with Ken, no matter what Barbie says he did in her divorce papers, cacophobia has a wonderful ring to it but you might be surprised to learn it is a fear of ugliness, and catagelophobia is the fear of being ridiculed, something that someone my height has to live with.
 
 
 
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