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Meaning of rupophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə

Definitions

The fear of rubbish or dirt.

uncountable

Examples

“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.”
“In fact it is known that in rupophobia there is always an obsessional component.”
“Today we see the triumph of hyper-hygiene, a sort of rupophobia. In a consumerist and fetishist way, this prescribes appearance, aesthetics, and narcissism.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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