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misokinesia

misokinesia noun: an extreme psychological aversion to observing small repetitive movements, such as another person's fidgeting.

Noun

misokinesia (uncountable)

  1. An extreme psychological aversion to observing small repetitive movements, such as another person's fidgeting.
    • 2024. Michelle Roberts, BBC Digital health editor, in BBC News article "Jiggling thighs and hair twiddling among triggers for those who hate fidgeting" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ewl757d2ko
      "Sound familiar? If so, perhaps you too have a condition called misokinesia - a diagnosable hatred...

Origin of misokinesia

From miso- + -kinesia.

Questions about misokinesia

What does misokinesia mean?
Misokinesia means an extreme psychological aversion to observing small repetitive movements, such as another person's fidgeting.
What part of speech is misokinesia?
Misokinesia is a noun.

Words near misokinesia in the dictionary

  1. misogynously
  2. misogyns
  3. misogyny
  4. Misok
  5. misoka
  6. misokinesia
  7. Misol
  8. misological
  9. misologist
  10. misologists
  11. misology

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