# Fear of Success

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-of-success/325832>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-of-success/325832 "2005-10-12T01:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thinktank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Thinktank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinktank)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-of-success/325832/1 "2005-10-12T01:42:29Z")

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Did a quick search can’t seem to find the term for “fear of success” as in the technical term for the phobia. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-of-success/325832/2 "2005-10-12T14:21:45Z")

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> [@Thinktank](#):
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> Did a quick search can’t seem to find the term for “fear of success” as in the technical term for the phobia. Thanks

Fear of wealth is Plutophobia - it doesn’t mean “success” but it’s close - does that help?