rupophobia
/ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
rupophobia noun: the fear of rubbish or dirt.
Noun
rupophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of rubbish or dirt.
- Patients with rupophobia, the fear of dirt, are at times encountered by the dermatologist. Some of these patients present a traumatic dermatitis, or a self inflicted lesion of the skin.1925, Transactions of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology of the American Medical Association at the Annual Session, page 189
- In fact it is known that in rupophobia there is always an obsessional component.1983, Neuropsychobiology, page 75
- Synonyms:
- mysophobia, ablutomania
rupophobia meaning in Tamil
rupophobia in Tamil
- பவ்வீ வெருளி
Synonyms of rupophobia
Origin of rupophobia
Possibly from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phobia (See rhypophobia). Alternatively, related to Latin rupes (“cliff, rock”).
Words formed from rupophobia
Words that rhyme with rupophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Questions about rupophobia
- What does rupophobia mean?
- Rupophobia means the fear of rubbish or dirt.
- What is rupophobia in Tamil?
- Rupophobia in Tamil is பவ்வீ வெருளி. See Rupophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rupophobia?
- Rupophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rupophobia?
- Rupophobia is pronounced /ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/.
Words near rupophobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rupophobia (page history and authors); rupophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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