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dysmorphobia

dysmorphobia noun: the pathologically obsessive rejection of some aspect of one's own appearance; body dysmorphia.

Noun

dysmorphobia (uncountable)

  1. The pathologically obsessive rejection of some aspect of one's own appearance; body dysmorphia.

Forms of dysmorphobia

alternative formdysmorphophobia

Questions about dysmorphobia

What does dysmorphobia mean?
Dysmorphobia means the pathologically obsessive rejection of some aspect of one's own appearance; body dysmorphia.
What part of speech is dysmorphobia?
Dysmorphobia is a noun.

Words near dysmorphobia in the dictionary

  1. dysmorphias
  2. dysmorphic
  3. dysmorphically
  4. dysmorphism
  5. dysmorphisms
  6. dysmorphobia
  7. dysmorphogenesis
  8. dysmorphogenetic
  9. dysmorphogenic
  10. dysmorphologic
  11. dysmorphological

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