fear of failure

collocation in English

meaningsoffearandfailure

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fear
noun[C or U]
uk
/fɪər/us
/fɪr/
an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition offearandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was important to remove thefearoffailureand to be patient with new researchers.
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It can be argued that in the 1990s, it was thefearoffailurein the international market that activated the connection between the competitive society and popular music.
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We have been concerned for some time that for too many people thefearoffailurestifles innovation and enterprise.
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People's fears—fearoffailureand fear that the course might not be right—must be confronted.
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What needs to be overcome in many schools is not prejudice but afearoffailureamong teachers.
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Thefearoffailureand exposure is particularly unsettling.
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That would have lessfearoffailureand, for that very reason, more hope of success.
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It is thefearoffailurethat concerns me.
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If they have any fear at all, it isfearoffailure.
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The real incentive to effort is the spur of ambition, the hope of reward, thefearoffailure.
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It is important to encourage entrepreneurship by addressing thisfearoffailureand supporting business start-ups.
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All of them had fresh experiences ahead of them—love, joy, disappointment, success and, yes, thefearoffailureand rejection.
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There is a danger that innovation will be stifled byfearoffailure.
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At the moment, too many people are discouraged from going into business byfearoffailureand the stigma that attaches to it.
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Anyway, it is true, in every department of life, is it not, that success in life is not achieved by those who are easily halted byfearoffailure?
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New teachers far too often operate under thefearoffailure.
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The insolvency reforms will help to address thefearoffailurethat is a significant barrier to enterprise and help to prevent companies in difficulty from going under unnecessarily.
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Fearoffailureis also a common concern, that perhaps the poem will not have as great an impact as intended.
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Second, conquer yourfearoffailure, of the unknown, and of ridicule.
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Under his threats and the dreadfulfearoffailure, she labours on with it, making herself mentally and physically ill.
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