thaasophobiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek θαάσσω (thaássō, “to sit idly”) +‎ -phobia.

名詞

thaasophobia (uncountable)

1. (rare) A fear of sitting around, or of boredom in general.
   • 2010 January 21, Jennifer Schuessler, “Our Boredom, Ourselves”, in New York Times Book Review‎, Jan 24, 2010, archived from the original on 2010-02-05, page 23‎:

     It’s common to decry our collective thaasophobia, or fear of boredom, manifested in our addiction to iPhone apps, the cable news crawl and ever mutating varieties of multitasking.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:thaasophobia.

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with thalassophobia.