The phrase "a fear of commitment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's reluctance or anxiety about entering into a long-term relationship or making a serious commitment.
Example: "Many people struggle with a fear of commitment, which can hinder their ability to form lasting relationships."
Alternatives: "commitment anxiety" or "reluctance to commit".
It wasn't a fear of commitment that rattled him, said Derek Shaffer, his best man.
His passive-aggressive behaviour is not due to a fear of commitment – he is in fear of his life.
Inspired by scaffolding, the new dVider system, above, was designed for people with unruly spaces and a fear of commitment.
It confirmed that Wilson was a talented craftsman of dialogue and very good at dramatising a fear of commitment.
The higher rate of homeownership among single women compared with single men, discussed in "For Men, A Fear of Commitment" (Feb. 12), is not a recent phenomenon.
But for many courtiers, it may not be a fear of commitment that keeps them scurrying in and out of your life.
The essay becomes an impersonal form of intimacy, betraying a fear of passionate commitment and political engagement.
Haflidason felt that the film was a gathering of loosely related ideas, adding that it is "so consumed with surreal imagery that there are almost limitless possibilities to read personal theories into it"; the reviewer's own take on these themes were that they represented a fear of personal commitment and featured "a strong sexual undercurrent".
The quiet-storm music and the doctors' array of personal problems — a custody battle, an argument over hiring a nanny, an extreme fear of commitment and fatherhood — scream 1990s yuppie melodrama.
10 45 A.M. (IFC) FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) Hugh Grant portrays an Englishman with a chronic fear of commitment who happens to be the favored best man among the marrying kinds in his circle in this comedy, directed by Mike Newell and written by Richard Curtis.
I've spoken with all kinds of gay men, many of whom have copped to struggling with loneliness, feeling desirable, and a general fear of commitment (even though we might say we want a boyfriend).
