Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mysophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myso-pho-bia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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)."

Etymology

From myso- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myso
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mysophobias (plural)

Derived Forms

automysophobia

Frequently Paired Words

mysophobe mysophobic

Synonyms

rhypophobia ablutomania

Questions

What does mysophobia mean?: An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
Where does mysophobia come from?: From myso- + -phobia.

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