Definition of Mysophobia

1. Noun. A morbid fear of dirt or contamination.

Generic synonyms: Simple Phobia
Derivative terms: Mysophobic

Definition of Mysophobia

1. Noun. An abnormal fear of dirt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mysophobia

myrtle warbler
myrtled
myrtles
myrtucommulone
myself
myselfe
myselven
myselves
mysid
mysids
mysophiles
mysophobe
mysophobes
mysophobia (current term)
mysophobias
mysophobic
mysost
mysosts
myspaced
myspacing
mystacal
mystacial
mystagog
mystagogic
mystagogical
mystagogies
mystagogs
mystagogue

Literary usage of Mysophobia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"A patient at the Worcester Hospital had been admitted several times with distinct attacks of psychasthenia, with doubts and mysophobia; her father is there ..."

2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"mysophobia is a mild form of insanity characterized by a dread of the contact of dirt. It was named by Hammond, whose patient washed her hands innumerable ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (neurasthenia), Its, Symptoms by George Miller Beard (1894)
"mysophobia—Fear of contamination. Flushing and Fidgetiness.—Patients of this class oftentimes easily flush and easily faint; the inhibitory action of the ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1905)
"mysophobia, WITH REPORT OF CASE. • BY JOHN PUNTON, MD, KANSAS Crnr, Mo. Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases, University Medical College, etc. ..."

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