Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fearthought

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fearthought
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive and unhealthy apprehensiveness; unnecessary fearfulness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To assist in the analysis of fear, and in the denunciation of its expressions, I have coined the word fearthought to stand for the unprofitable element of forethought, and have defined the word 'worry' as fearthought in contradistinction to forethought. I have also defined fearthought as the self-imposed or self-permitted suggestion of inferiority, in order to place it where it really belongs, in the category of harmful, unnecessary, and therefore not respectable things."
"The “misery-habit,” the “martyr-habit,” engendered by the prevalent “fearthought,” get pungent criticism from the mind-cure writers ..."

Etymology

Blend of fear + forethought. Coined by Horace Fletcher as part of New Thought Movement at the turn of the twentieth century.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does fearthought mean?: Excessive and unhealthy apprehensiveness; unnecessary fearfulness.
Where does fearthought come from?: Blend of fear + forethought. Coined by Horace Fletcher as part of New Thought Movement at the turn of the twentieth century.

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