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Dec. 19, 2014
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\mahy-suh-FOH-bee-uh\
noun
1. Psychiatry. a dread of dirt or filth.
Quotes
To a moderate degree he suffered from mysophobia, spending unusual time at his ablutions, teeth-cleaning, dressing, and in the care and arrangement of his clothes.
-- Charles K. Mills, "Some Forms of Insanity and Quasi-Insanity in Children," The American Lancet, Volume XVII, 1893
Origin
Mysophobia is a New Latin term from the late 1800s based on the Greek mýsos meaning "filth" and phobos meaning "fear."
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