Your mysophobia is in overdrive - if you 'hover' at home I would think that would just be inviting more germs rather than sitting and giving yourself a little bit of a seal. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff My Wife Says That Disturbs Me] Reference
The syndrome, called mysophobia, caused her to be left out when …. From Wordnik.com. [TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends] Reference
Or, you could just represent my mysophobia-erotica novel. From Wordnik.com. [IOM 123-194 (last entry) -UPDATED with comments] Reference
I had to look up mysophobia but it turned out to be germane. From Wordnik.com. [IOM 123-194 (last entry) -UPDATED with comments] Reference
Sufferers of mysophobia and other types of germ phobias can rest easier using our phone condoms. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: June 10, 2001 - June 16, 2001 Archives] Reference
I actually think it is Emma Pillsbury, the school's guidance counselor who suffers from an extreme case of mysophobia, a pathological fear of dirt and germs. From Wordnik.com. [Joel John Roberts: Is The "Glee" Cast Singing and Dancing Their Way into Homelessness?] Reference
But Glee took a factory-made formula (ragtag outsiders band together through the miracles of music and infectious enthusiasm) and added self-awareness, wit, ribaldry and mysophobia (fear of germs). From Wordnik.com. [Fall TV: What’s punching my dance card « The Retort] Reference
E.G. Marshall plays Upson Pratt, a rich and ruthless businessman who lives his life sealed in his apartment, where he balances his time between perpetuating his corporate greed and battling his crippling mysophobia – a pathological fear of dirt, germs and contamination. From Wordnik.com. [TEN of TERROR #3: Creepshow « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more] Reference
To maintain the spotlessness of the system, we have to inculcate an uncompromising legal mysophobia. From Wordnik.com. [My Sinchew -] Reference
Therefore, any slightest hint of bribery will be seen as non-conformity to the mysophobia of the judicial society. From Wordnik.com. [My Sinchew -] Reference
The victim of mysophobia will wash the hands after touching any object, and will, so far as possible, avoid touching objects which he thinks may possibly convey infection. From Wordnik.com. [Why Worry?] Reference
Well then, of the 10 most common phobias arachnophobia, ophidiophobia, acrophobia, cynophobia, trypanophobia, pteromerhanophobia, and mysophobia shouldn't be counted as they're all pretty rational phobias. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
A phobia is usually specific; some of the most common phobias are: acrophobia (fear of heights); agoraphobia (fear of leaving the familiar setting of the home and being in a crowded or public place); claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces); mysophobia (fear of germs and dirt); and xenophobia (fear of strangers). From Wordnik.com. [Stop Phobias: A Treatment Program for the Different Types of Phobias] Reference
(claustrophobia), and fear of contamination (mysophobia). From Wordnik.com. [Why Worry?] Reference
The dreads, or phobias, constitute a rather large class of nervous affections; perhaps the most common is mysophobia, or dread of dirt, sometimes under the form of bacteriophobia; acrophobia, the dread of heights, which may become so poignant as to make it impossible for a person to sit in the front row of a gallery or even to say Mass on a high altar; alurophobia, or the dread of cats, which may make life miserable. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
I suffer from mysophobia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
Pigs can suffer from mysophobia, a fear of dirt. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
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