fear of loss

collocation in English

meaningsoffearandloss

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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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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition offearandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Negative reactions are only experienced by men for a very short time and may be ascribed predominantly tofearoflossof potency.
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Some of the symptoms are shame andfearoflossof face and disapproval for the possessor and/or those interacting with her.
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That is, in addition to fear of political and economic insecurity,fearoflossof identity established in camps is expected to impact the decision to return or not.
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Breast cancer represents the threat of disfigurement, disability,fearoflossof intimacy and love, and reduced self-esteem.
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Fear of fundamental change andfearoflosswere, if not synonymous, closely related in their minds.
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The samefearoflossof face is causing the very gravest damage to our industries.
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Is it better to appeal to a man's desire of gain or to hisfearofloss?
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It may be a hard thing to say that the only spur for progress is thefearoflossand the hope of gain.
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They are thefearoflossand the hope of gain.
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We know so well from history that thefearoflossof face has caused dozens of wars in the past.
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The answer to what drives people apart is fear:fearoflossof identity and fear of violence.
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We all know of cases in which the local housing committee has been almost blackmailed from time to time into holding down rents forfearoflossof popularity.
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Nationalisation robs management of the driving force of the pursuit of profit and thefearofloss.
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To import, we have to export at world competitive prices, instead of stifling the twin incentives to hard work—fearoflossand the hope of gain.
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They include lack of identity with the police;fearoflossof contact with family and friends; and lack of support and encouragement within the nationalist community.
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There is also to be considered the operation of the block grant system, and thefearoflossof funds through the equalisation grant operations which worries the council.
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Its inhabitants live in constantfearoflossto life and property.
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The song deals with thefearofloss.
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Temptation also describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by manipulation or otherwise of curiosity, desire orfearofloss.
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According to psychologists, an intensefearoflossis not unusual for an individual traumatized by divorce while an adolescent.
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