Meaning of rupophobia | Babel Free

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.”

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