mysophobia

English

Etymology

From myso- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

mysophobia (usually uncountable, plural mysophobias)

1. An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
   • 2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue‎^[1]:

     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).

Synonyms

• rhypophobia
• ablutomania

Derived terms

• automysophobia

Related terms

• mysophobe
• mysophobic

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: mysofobia (fi), likakammo (fi), tahriintumiskammo
• French: mysophobie (fr) f
• Hungarian: mizofóbia (hu)
• Italian: misofobia (it) f
• Polish: mizofobia (pl) f