Meanings
nounablutophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableA pathological fear of washing or bathing.
Others, such as ablutophobia, or the fear of bathing, are just plain anti-social.
2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail
Origin
- Ancient Greekφόβος“fear”
- Latinablutio“a washing”
- Englishablutophobia
From Latin ablutio (“a washing”) + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) (equivalent to -phobia).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian аблутофо́бия
- аблутофо́бия (ablutofóbija)pathological fear of washing or bathing
Finnish peseytymiskammo
- peseytymiskammopathological fear of washing or bathing
French ablutophobie
- ablutophobiepathological fear of washing or bathing
German Ablutophobie
- Ablutophobiepathological fear of washing or bathing
Indonesian ablutofobia
- ablutofobiapathological fear of washing or bathing
Portuguese ablutofobia
- ablutofobiapathological fear of washing or bathing
Turkish ablütofobi
- ablütofobipathological fear of washing or bathing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ablutophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobiaandrophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
ablutophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablutophobia
MLA
“ablutophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablutophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ablutophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablutophobia.
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