rupophobic
/ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bik/
rupophobic adjective: suffering from rupophobia; having an irrational fear of dirt and rubbish.
Adjective
rupophobic (comparative more rupophobic, superlative most rupophobic)
- Suffering from rupophobia; having an irrational fear of dirt and rubbish.
- His letters home from the voyage describe none of the eccentric passengers he would later evoke in his memoire, Going Solo: the nudist athletes Major Griffiths and his wife, for example, or the rupophobic Miss Trefusis.2011, Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, page 104
- We are so influenced by media-driven campaigns for absolute cleanliness that we risk becoming rupophobic, afraid to get anything soiled, to show dirt, to reveal those bad things inside of us, but also to be contaminated from contact from others, with people who are different from us.2022, Cosimo Schinaia, Psychoanalysis and Ecology, page 65
- Synonyms:
- mysophobic
Synonyms of rupophobic
Forms of rupophobic
| comparative | more rupophobic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rupophobic |
Origin of rupophobic
From rupophobia + -ic.
Questions about rupophobic
- What does rupophobic mean?
- Rupophobic means suffering from rupophobia; having an irrational fear of dirt and rubbish.
- What part of speech is rupophobic?
- Rupophobic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rupophobic?
- Rupophobic is pronounced /ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bik/.
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