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commitmentphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-mit-ment-pho-bia
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reluctance to, or fear of, committing oneself to a romantic relationship.

Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

From commitment + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

commitmentphobias (plural) commitment-phobia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

commitmentphobe commitmentphobic

Questions

What does commitmentphobia mean?
A reluctance to, or fear of, committing oneself to a romantic relationship.
Where does commitmentphobia come from?
From commitment + -phobia.

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