Petronoia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Petronoia is a noun meaning (rare) Fear and/or paranoia due to the economics of oil and petroleum.
Meaning
(rare) Fear and/or paranoia due to the economics of oil and petroleum.
Example Sentences
Last week, as Americans were hit the hardest by record crude oil prices, the LA Times reported, in a piece entitled "Supply Fears, Fuel Speculators Pumping up Oil Prices." It goes on in the article. It says, "In an energy futures market wracked with concern that oil demand might outstrip supplies, traders call it petronoia, threats alone were enough to ignite prices."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pismirism, pantophobia, paranoea, argentocracy, psephisma, pnigalion.
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