Meanings
noungermophobia (uncountable)
alternative germaphobia
- uncountablePathological fear of germs.
American democracy still prefers candidates to go from door to door and picnic to picnic, shaking hands. Trump is going have to conquer his self-confessed germophobia if he’s going to win
2016 February 2, Timothy Stanley, “Donald Trump bid badly wounded in Iowa”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2016Synonyms: mysophobia, bacillophobia, bacteriophobia, ablutomania
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPathological fear of germs.
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APA
germophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germophobia
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“germophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “germophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germophobia.
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