Antiophobia

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Antiophobia

n.
a fear you sometimes experience while leaving a loved one, wondering if this will turn out to be the last time you’ll ever see them, and whatever slapdash good-bye you toss their way might have to serve as your final farewell.

Greek αντίο (antío), farewell + -φοβία (-phobía), fear. Pronounced “an-tee-uh-foh-bee-uh.”

Los Vidados

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Thrapt

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Fardle-Din

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Falesia

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Nachlophobia

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La Gaudière

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Dead Reckoning

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Moledro

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Hickering

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Anderance

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Flashover

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Ochisia

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Fata Organa

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Hanker Sore

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Soufrise

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The Kinder Surprise

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Semaphorism

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Zverism

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Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Lyssamania

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Routwash

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Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Midding

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Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Lilo

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