Meanings
plural mysophobias
- uncountableusuallyAn abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
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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 2022Synonyms: rhypophobia, ablutomania
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
Origin
Translations
Finnish mysofobia, likakammo
- mysofobiaTranslations
- likakammoTranslations
- tahriintumiskammoTranslations
French mysophobie
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Hungarian mizofóbia
- mizofóbiaTranslations
Italian misofobia
- misofobiaTranslations
Polish mizofobia
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Cite this entry
mysophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mysophobia
“mysophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mysophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mysophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mysophobia.
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