Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Verbs of fearing can be used in three different ways: fear of a person or thing, fear of performing an action and fear of an event occurring. Fear of a person or thing is expressed using a verb of fearing (e.g. timeo) and a noun, either in the dative or the accusative.
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
"These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." [40] — William James, American philosopher and psychologist (26 August 1910) The funeral of Jorge Chávez in Paris. "Higher. Always higher." [10] [21] ("Arriba. Siempre arriba.")
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
Below is a list of other symptoms that are sometimes associated with autophobia: Mental symptoms: Fear of fainting; A disability to concentrate on anything other than the disease; Fear of losing your mind [17] Failure to think clearly [14] Emotional symptoms: Stress over up-coming times and places where you may be alone; Fear of being secluded [18]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
View of a performance on stage from the wings. Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia that may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, real or imagined, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera).
The word "thusly" appears with no associated usage notes in M-W; [121] COD11 tags it as "informal", with the entry thus tagged as "literary or formal". CHAMBERS does not list the word at all, and it is unknown in British usage. [122] MAU considers it a nonword and laments that it appears in otherwise respectable writing. [123]