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- noun informal A
reluctance to form acommitment in aromantic relationship .
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Examples
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So, the myth that men suffer from a severe case of commitment-phobia may be healed by the fact that women are now yearning for self-sufficiency.
Christie Garton: Men Want Marriage More Than Women, Study Finds Christie Garton 2011
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Hmmm ... perhaps whining about commitment-phobia does not equal a plot after all.
We Pontificate, As Is Our Wont, on the Perils of Sentimentality 2009
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So, the myth that men suffer from a severe case of commitment-phobia may be healed by the fact that women are now yearning for self-sufficiency.
Christie Garton: Men Want Marriage More Than Women, Study Finds Christie Garton 2011
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So, the myth that men suffer from a severe case of commitment-phobia may be healed by the fact that women are now yearning for self-sufficiency.
Christie Garton: Men Want Marriage More Than Women, Study Finds Christie Garton 2011
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Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo argue that “Love cures commitment-phobia”:
Jag Carrao: The Rules Redux: How To Be Engaged By Christmas 2009
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You bring up an interesting point about commitment-phobia.
Meditations on Pain floreta 2009
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