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mysophobia en · NOUN

Etymology

From myso- + -phobia.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
    • Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams). 2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:

Forms

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mysophobias Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

automysophobia

Relateds

mysophobe · mysophobic

Synonyms

rhypophobia · ablutomania

Translations (7)

it misofobia (Translations) · fi mysofobia (Translations) · fi likakammo (Translations) · pl mizofobia (Translations) · fr mysophobie (Translations) · hu mizofóbia (Translations) · fi tahriintumiskammo (Translations)

wikipedia: mysophobia