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germophobia

germophobia noun: pathological fear of germs.

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

Synonyms of germophobia

Forms of germophobia

alternative formgermaphobia

Origin of germophobia

From germ + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about germophobia

What does germophobia mean?
Germophobia means pathological fear of germs.
What part of speech is germophobia?
Germophobia is a noun.

Words near germophobia in the dictionary

  1. Germoids
  2. Germond
  3. Germonds
  4. germophobe
  5. germophobes
  6. germophobia
  7. germophobiac
  8. germophobic
  9. germoplasm
  10. germoplasms
  11. Germosen

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