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A self model reporting a wall as near and moving nearer, so that it narrows its own reach before any crossing.

Fear (noun) means: A self model reporting a wall as near and moving nearer, so that it narrows its own reach before any crossing. It emerges from self-model, report, wall, near: The report arrives before the wall does: the self model reads a closing distance and pulls its own reach inward, which protects when the wall is real and costs reach when it is not. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

fear.nearing-wall · forms: afraid, fear, feared, fearful, fearing, fears

Examples

Emergence

from: self-model report wall near motion narrow reach cross time
through: The report arrives before the wall does: the self model reads a closing distance and pulls its own reach inward, which protects when the wall is real and costs reach when it is not.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarynearL2 near.spatial: when the space between two things is lessreportL8 report.information: a message that states information about an eventforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statefearL15 fear.nearing-wall: A self model reporting a wall as near and moving nearer, so that it narrows its own reach before any crossing.crossL4 cross.pass: To go through a boundary from one place to another.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbercarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsubjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventmodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.currentL1 current.present: Of the time that is now.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movelikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.reachL13 reach.action: Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.actL3 act.deed: do somethingwallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.setL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youlinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingssurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placenarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.closeL5 close.spatial: having little space between two thingsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.processL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.reachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointbigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitygoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarywindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencespossibilityL12 possibility.potential: A window that can be reached from the current window without crossing a wall that is closed.enterL3 enter.spatial: to move into a place
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt from — 1 more not shownanxietyL16anxiety.unlocated — Fear with no located wall: a self model reporting that some wall is near without a reading of which.outsiders coming inL17outsiders-coming-in.crossing — A collective self that reads those crossing into its place as outside its boundary, and their coming as moving its wallsfear and greedL18fear-and-greed.swing — Two reports a market moves between: a wall read as near, so it narrows its reach, and its reach read as large, so its wafear indexL18fear-index.priced — A price that a market reads as its own fear: what its members give for protection against a large move toward a wall.flight to safetyL18flight-to-safety.pulled-in — Members of a market moving together from what is near walls to what is far from them, narrowing their reach when a wall fearL15fear.nearing-wall — A self model reporting a wall as near and moving nearer, so that it narrows its own reach before any crossing.self-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.reportL8report.information — a message that states information about an eventwallL8wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.nearL2near.spatial — when the space between two things is lessmotionL2motion.movement — Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.reachL13reach.action — Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.crossL4cross.pass — To go through a boundary from one place to another.

Used by (5)

anxietyL16outsiders coming inL17fear and greedL18fear indexL18flight to safetyL18

Relations

contrasts-withanxiety.unlocatedfear has a located wall; anxiety reports nearness without one
contrasts-withinsecurity.proximityinsecurity reports a wall near however far it is; fear reports one that is closing
contrasts-withhope.emotionalhope reads a closed window as reachable; fear reads an open one as closing

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-29 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md