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'''Panphobia''', from the Greek 'pan' and 'phobos,' also called ''' |
'''Panphobia''', from the Greek 'pan' and 'phobos,' also called '''omniphobia,''' '''pantophobia,''' or '''panophobia,''' is a [[medical condition]] known as a "non-specific fear" or "the fear of everything" and is described as "a vague and persistent [[dread]] of some unknown evil", or only seeing the extremes to everything. |
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It was mentioned in ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' in which it was pronounced "Pantophobia".<ref>[http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_p_03zPzhtm MerckSource health library]</ref> |
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In the [[Doctor Who]] episode "Night Terrors", The Doctor diagnosed a young boy called George as having pantophobia, which he mused would mean that although the name didn't mean one was specifically afraid of [[pants]], it would generally include pants as it was a fear of everything. |
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Panphobia may also be used when describing the persisting and unreasonable fear of individuals toward a person who is pansexual, and therefore, the fear of people whose sexual, affectional or loving orientation transcends gender, gender identity or mate preference orientations. |
Panphobia may also be used when describing the persisting and unreasonable fear of individuals toward a person who is pansexual, and therefore, the fear of people whose sexual, affectional or loving orientation transcends gender, gender identity or mate preference orientations. |
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Panphobia, from the Greek 'pan' and 'phobos,' also called omniphobia, pantophobia, or panophobia, is a medical condition known as a "non-specific fear" or "the fear of everything" and is described as "a vague and persistent dread of some unknown evil", or only seeing the extremes to everything.
Panphobia may also be used when describing the persisting and unreasonable fear of individuals toward a person who is pansexual, and therefore, the fear of people whose sexual, affectional or loving orientation transcends gender, gender identity or mate preference orientations.