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Fear of Commitment

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

Fear of commitment, also known as gamophobia, is the irrational fear or avoidance of long-term partnership or marriage; the term is sometimes used interchangeably with commitment phobia, which describes a more generalized fear or avoidance of commitments broadly. Despite deriving satisfaction from companionship in a relationship, people with the fear may choose to distance themselves and withdraw if the relationship progresses to a serious level of commitment.

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Emotional Phenomenon 1
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1. Wikipedia: Fear of commitment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_commitment
Quote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_commitment
the irrational fear or avoidance of long-term partnership or marriage
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