Coronoia

Quick meaning: Coronoia is a noun meaning Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus.

Meaning

Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus.

Example Sentences

Leaving home felt risky at first, our senses haunted by coronoia, the daily infodemic, the doughnut dreams. (Hang on - where's my mask?) Since often we'd forget that sacred cloth, suffering a brain fade on the doormat, enforcing a respirouette.

Writing this piece, just when I thought I needed to forge a new word ‘Coronoia’, to suitably denote the exponential spread of irrational fears of this novel virus, I found that it has recently been suggested to the Collins dictionary, and is under consideration.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coronasceptic, covidian, cryptophobia, pseudophobia, criminophobia, cancerphobia.

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