myso-, mys- +
(Greek: uncleanness of body or mind; filth; defilement; anything disgusting)
automysophobia
An excessive fear of being dirty and stinking or of personal filth which may result in abnormally frequent washing.
mysophilia
1. A pathological attraction to dirt or filth; sometimes with sexual manifestations.
2. A paraphilia relating to soiled or dirty material or people.
mysophilic
A reference to a condition involving a pathological attraction to soiled or filthy material or people.
mysophobia
1. A pathologic fear of dirt, uncleanliness, or contamination, often manifested by compulsive hand-washing.
2. An abnormal fear of, distaste for, or disgust of uncleanliness or contamination.
mysophobiac
Anyone who has an abnormal hatred or fear of being around filth or contamination.
mysophobic
1. Suffering from mysophobia.
2. Abnormally afraid of dirt or contamination.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)":
agra-;
agrest-;
agri-;
agro-;
argill-;
choro-;
chthon-;
epeiro-;
geo-;
glob-;
lut-;
pedo-;
pel-;
rhyp-;
soil-;
sord-;
terr-.
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