This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
eucatastrophe
ochlophobia
peristeronic
amatorculist
abnegation

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ahk-luh-FOH-bee-uh)

MEANING:

noun: A fear or dislike of crowds.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek ochlos (mob) + -phobia (fear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wegh- (to go or to transport in a vehicle), which also gave us ochlocracy, away, weigh, Norwegian, wag, wagon, devious, vex, pervious, walleyed, and earwig. Earliest documented use: 1885.

USAGE:

“With just a week before Christmas, the malls are pretty much a no-go zone for anyone with even the mildest form of ochlophobia.”
Ian Katz; Hate Crowds? Shop Online; South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale); Dec 19, 2005.

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