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Meaning of "mysophobia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MYSOPHOBIA

mysophobia  [ˌmaɪsəʊˈfəʊbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYSOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mysophobia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYSOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mysophobia

Mysophobia is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. The term was coined by Dr. William Alexander Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder exhibited in repeatedly washing one's hands. Mysophobia has long been related to the OCD of constantly washing one's hands. However, Harry Stack Sullivan, an American psychologist and psychoanalyst, notes that while fear of dirt underlies the compulsion of a person with this kind of OCD, his or her mental state is not about germs; instead, this person feels the hands must be washed. Other names for abnormal persistent fear of dirt and filth include molysmophobia or molysomophobia, rhypophobia, and rupophobia.

Definition of mysophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of mysophobia in the dictionary is a pathological fear of dirt or contamination.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYSOPHOBIA


acrophobia
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪə
aerophobia
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪə
agoraphobia
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪə
arachnophobia
əˌræknəˈfəʊbɪə
claustrophobia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə
emetophobia
ɪˌmetəˈfəʊbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
hydrophobia
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə
Islamophobia
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪə
monophobia
ˌmɒnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
neophobia
ˌniːəʊˈfəʊbɪə
nomophobia
ˌnəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
nyctophobia
ˌnɪktəʊˈfəʊbɪə
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə
phonophobia
ˌfəʊnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
photophobia
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə
scopophobia
ˌskɒpəˈfəʊbɪə
technophobia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfəʊbɪə
triskaidekaphobia
ˌtrɪskaɪˌdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə
xenophobia
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYSOPHOBIA

myself
Mysia
Mysian
mysid
Mysore
mysost
MySpace
mystagog
mystagogic
mystagogical
mystagogically
mystagogue
mystagogus
mystagogy
mysteries
mysterious
mysteriously
mysteriousness
mystery
mystery bag

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYSOPHOBIA

aichmophobia
ailurophobia
algophobia
anglophobia
anthropophobia
aquaphobia
astraphobia
astrophobia
autophobia
gynophobia
necrophobia
ornithophobia
panophobia
pyrophobia
Russophobia
school phobia
sitophobia
social phobia
thanatophobia
Zenobia
zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of mysophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mysophobia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYSOPHOBIA

Find out the translation of mysophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mysophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mysophobia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洁癖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mysophobia
570 millions of speakers

English

mysophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mysophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهاب القذارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mysophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Misofobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mysophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mysophobia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mysophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mysophobie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mysophobia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mysophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mysophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mysophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துப்புறவின்மை கண்டு பெரும் பயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायसाफोबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mysophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mysophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mysophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mysophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mysophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mysophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mysophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mysophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mysophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mysophobia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYSOPHOBIA»

The term «mysophobia» is normally little used and occupies the 150.634 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYSOPHOBIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mysophobia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mysophobia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mysophobia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYSOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of mysophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mysophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous ...
So how can you tell when a healthy fear of germs, dirt, and contamination is becoming an unhealthy anxiety and perhaps a full-blown case of mysophobia ( the term comes from the Greek word musus, meaning “uncleanliness”)? Consider to ...
Sara Latta, 2014
2
Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness ...
Three distinct varieties of nosophobia deserve special attention: can- cerophobia, pathological fear of developing or having cancer, bacillopho- bia, fear of microorganisms and infection, and mysophobia, fear of dirt and contamination.
Stanislav Grof, 2000
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First Person Accounts of Mental Illness and Recovery
Mysophobia. Catherine Taylor One thing a lot of people don't realize is that I haven't always been so scared of germs. Growing up, I had no problems sharing a Mountain Dew with my ...
Craig W. LeCroy, Jane Holschuh, 2012
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Esoteric Astrology - A New Astrology for a New Millennium: ...
Hygiene. and. Mysophobia. The sixth house, thehomeof the Moon and the sign of Virgo, when afflicted produces those abnormal fearswhich we call phobias,e.g., nyctophobia fear of the night. Somecommon phobias are:cancer phobia, school ...
Dr. Douglas M. Baker, DGG, 2014
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Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary32: Dorland's ...
... psychropophobia chromatophobia, chromophobia cometophobia claustrophobia coprophobia, molysmophobia, mysophobia, scatophobia necrophobia gephyrophobia dromophobia demophobia, ochlophobia hygrophobia achluphobia, ...
Dorland, 2011
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Avoiding the Fear Trap: Learning to Neutralize and Overcome ...
... small Microphobia, mycrophobia, or Small things tapinophobia Misophobia or mysophobia Contamination with dirt or germs Misophobia or mysophobia Dirt or germs, being contaminated with Misophobia or mysophobia Germs or dirt, being  ...
Casalnnie O. Henry, 2011
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Famous Male Actors Gr. 4-8
What is the acronym for obsessive compulsive disorder? COD CPO OCD DOC 3. From which phobia does Howie Mandel suffer? claustrophobia hydrophobia mysophobia 4. A phobia is a fear. What do people fear if they have mysophobia?
Ruth Solski
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Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary
... chromophobia comets: cometophobia confinement: claustrophobia contamination: coprophobia; molysmophobia; mysophobia; scatophobia corpses: necrophobia (crossing a) bridge or river: gephyrophobia (crossing a) street: dromophobia ...
Robert Jean Campbell, 2009
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Alienist and Neurologist: A Quarterly Journal of Scientific, ...
(Insanity with Associated Fear of Being Contaminated and Poisoned), Toxiphobia , Mysophobia.-—The fear of contamination, or of being poisoned without - adequate exciting cause, sometimes takes such firm hold of the mind, by reason of a ...
Charles Hamilton Hughes, 1885
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Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in ...
Acrophobia: fear of heights Agoraphobia: fear of open places Ailurophobia: fear of cats Claustrophobia: fear of closed spaces Cynophobia: fear of dogs Hydrophobia: fear of water Mysophobia: fear of dirt and germs Pyrophobia: fear of fire ...
Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, Pedro Ruiz, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYSOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mysophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Brotrepreneur Wants to Make Beer Pong Less Disgusting
This shit is pretty much just a female condom for your party cup, but there must be way more pledges with mysophobia than I thought. Another ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jul 15»
2
Howie Mandel talks about his OCD, ADHD, role as host of AGT and …
Through his humor, Mandel learned to cope with his issues including mysophobia — his irrational fear of germs. "Laughter for me is a way to ... «The Sparta Independent, Jul 15»
3
Howie Mandel comes to Mayo PAC
... from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and mysophobia (extreme fear of germs). «Daily Record, Jul 15»
4
Top Ten Phobias
Mysophobia: this is the actual term that should be used for the alleged 'germaphobe' mentioned above. Mysophobia is fear of germs, dirt, and ... «HeartZine, Jul 15»
5
Richard Moore: Here is what's bugging me ...
Mysophobia is not a fear of mice, that's musophobia, but rather a major fear of germs. And why shouldn't you fear those little beasties? After all ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
6
Relationship tips: 14 phobias that can destroy your love-life
Mysophobia - Fear Of Germs: If your idea of affection is something out of the Howie Mandel book of human contact and only a fist bump will do, ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
7
L.A. Parker: The summer cold is definitely worse than its winter kin
This situation did nothing for my pediphobia, fear of children nor my mysophobia, fear of germs. Actually, a more exact identification might be ... «The Trentonian, Jun 15»
8
Beth Tfiloh Hosts Howie Mandel
Several years ago, Mandel went public with his mysophobia, an irrational fear of germs, which has controlled his life personally and publically. «Baltimore Jewish Times, Jun 15»
9
Germaphobia: Good Hygiene Gone Bad
A specific phobia, like mysophobia, can develop at any age, according to Rego. But it often shows up in early childhood, before age 10, and ... «Everyday Health, Jun 15»
10
Film Review: 'Return to Sender'
A rigid Type A personality with severe mysophobia — one wonders how she bears working in a hospital — Miranda is introduced upfront as ... «Variety, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mysophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mysophobia>. May 2024 ».
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