misophobia

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Related to misophobia: misophonia

misophobia, musophobia, mysophobia

an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt.

See also: Dirt

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Chinese (simplified) [phrase omitted] [jiepi], traditional [phrase omitted] 'misophobia' = 'a pathological fear of contamination and germs, avoidance of contact with surrounding objects' < Japan.

Nomination of mental illnesses in languages of different types

He developed neurotic type symptoms with obsessive-phobic elements like misophobia, on an introverted personality.

--thoughts--coherent, reduced the ideatic flux, recurrent and persistent suicidal ideas, persecutory delusional thoughts, obsessive ideas regarding constant preoccupation for symmetry, orderliness, permanent checking, but without focus on any objects, phobic ideas like misophobia, nosophobia, acrophobia, arahnophobia, aihmophobia, agoraphobia, ablutomania.

An atypical onset in schizophrenia--case representation--/Un debut atipic in schizofrenie--prezentare de caz--

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