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Diokophobia 

It's time for an updated version of my first diokophobia definition since I am too stupid to figure out who to edit the old one- if there's even a way to do so, and it needs more information then what I wrote before.

Diokophobia (Pronounced DEE-Oh-Koh POH-Bee-Uh) is the irrational and extreme fear of being chased. It is the action of being chased by someone or something that frightens you, perhaps to the point of freezing, curling up defensively, or lashing out (verbally or physically). Diokophobia is not the fear of the thing chasing you, or what it will do when it catches up, it is the fear of the chase itself.

For example, a game like tag or football would be impossible do, due to the possibility of someone chasing you, even though you know they will not harm you (depending on the version of football you play, but you get my point). Video games may even scare you as phobias do transfer to games, but they might not always if you're able to separate yourself from the character.

And a little bit of an origin story of why I even made the term back in like- 2018 or something for my example:
Person 1: Hey, do you know what the fear of being chased is called?
Person 2: Oh, yeah, it's Diokophobia.
Person 1: Thank you so much, I've been trying to find out what's it's been called for ages. I can't seem to find it anywhere online. How did you know what it was called?
Person 2: Oh, I just made it up. Using the base for most phobia names, greek. Dioko is the word for pursuing something in a hostile manner but also means to follow someone without hostility. A bit of a contradictory word, so I thought it was perfect for Diokophobia since we may not be getting chased by something hostile but our brains somehow think it is.
Person 1: Wow... you spent way too much time on this.
Person 2: Yeah... I know... but if it gives some people closure on finally having a name for this after seeing forum after forum on the topic without a name, then whatever, I'm happy.
Diokophobia by Ayonix October 14, 2020

Diokophobia 

The fear of being chased. Dioko - Phobia (It’s pronounced how it looks. D-oh-koh and I hope you know how to pronounce phobia)

P.s. I made this word using the base of all phobia names due to so many people, and myself having it, and it not having a name.
Person 1- "I have Diokophobia."
Person 2- "What does that mean?"
Person 1- "It means I have an irrational fear of being chased, even when the thing chasing me won't hurt me."
Diokophobia by Ayonix August 12, 2018

dishphobia

The fear of washing dishes mostly affecting lazy people who also suffer from chorephobia.
When dad asked mum why the sink was stacked full of dirty plates, cutlery, pots and pans he was informed that his little princess was having another dishphobia attack.
dishphobia by jpg3 August 5, 2010

Dickphobia 

Daxia gets nervous when she see's a dick, she suffers from dickphobia
Dickphobia by Rigam●rtis January 28, 2019

Dadophobia 

Behavior by a woman or a man, apparently rooted in narcissistic anxiety, that mocks, shames, excludes or otherwise discriminates against Dads (i.e., men who show up for their children by taking paternity leave, engaging in nurturing behavior (especially in public), and juggling these demands with a paid job).
He took the paternity leave his employer offered even though he worried a bit about Dadophobia by his boss or even his wife.
Dadophobia by Denverite2 December 15, 2011
having an irrational or unfounded fear of God.

From the root "Deo" (having to do with God, i.e. diety) and "Phobia": an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation.

A word created by John Cooper of the band Skillet, first used in the song "Savior" off of Skillet's 2003 CD, "Collide"
It's time to redefine your deophobic mind.
Deophobic by MetaChimp August 13, 2004
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