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Definition of Mysophobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of dirt or contamination.
Definition of Mysophobia
1. Noun. An abnormal fear of dirt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mysophobia
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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