misophonia
/ˌmɪ.səˈfəʊ.ni.ə/
misophonia noun: a neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.
Noun
misophonia (uncountable)
- A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.
- The misophonia patients shared a similar pattern of symptoms in which an auditory or visual stimulus provoked an immediate aversive physical reaction with anger, disgust and impulsive aggression.2013 January 23, Arjan Schröder et al., “Misophonia: Diagnostic Criteria for a New Psychiatric Disorder”, in PLOS One, →DOI
- Misophonia is suspected of having also triggered at least two episodes of what the newspapers termed “cinema rage”. In Riga, Latvia, in 2011, during a screening of Black Swan, a 23-year-old man shot the person sitting next to him apparently for eating popcorn.2025 October 11, Samantha Weinberg, “Do you have to breathe so loudly?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19
Origin of misophonia
From miso- (“hatred”) + -phonia.
Words formed from misophonia
Questions about misophonia
- What does misophonia mean?
- Misophonia means a neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.
- What part of speech is misophonia?
- Misophonia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce misophonia?
- Misophonia is pronounced /ˌmɪ.səˈfəʊ.ni.ə/.
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