I think it's important for us to know what the people in wordorigins want for fear of terrorists to mean. A phobia, byits common usage, refers to an irrational fear, at least one that is irrational to the disinterested observer or psychotherapist. I can understand that there might be an irrational fear of terorists, but there's also a rational fear of terrorism )and by extension the terrorists who commit such acts.)



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