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germaphobia

germaphobia is the alternative form of germophobia.

Meaning of germophobia

Noun

germophobia (uncountable)

  1. Pathological fear of germs.
    • American democracy still prefers candidates to go from door to door and picnic to picnic, shaking hands. Trump is going have to conquer his self-confessed germophobia if he’s going to win2016 February 2, Timothy Stanley, “Donald Trump bid badly wounded in Iowa”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2016

Questions about germaphobia

What is germaphobia the alternative form of?
Germaphobia is the alternative form of germophobia.

Words near germaphobia in the dictionary

  1. germanyl
  2. germanyls
  3. Germanys
  4. germaphobe
  5. germaphobes
  6. germaphobia
  7. germaphobic
  8. germaria
  9. germarial
  10. germaries
  11. germarium

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