misophonia

[mees-oh-foh-nee-uh]

noun

1. Psychiatry.,  a condition characterized by extreme sensitivity and reactivity to specific, typically repetitive and relatively soft sounds, as breathing, chewing, swallowing, clicking, etc..

   In patients with misophonia, an auditory stimulus provoked an immediate physical reaction, with anger, disgust, and sometimes even impulsive aggression.

Other Word Forms

• misophonic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of misophonia¹

miso- ( def. ) + Greek -phōnia ( -phony ( def. ) ); coined by audiologists Pawel J. and Margaret M. Jastreboff in 2001

Example Sentences

Ms Page also paid for her daughter to get therapy from a leading expert on misophonia, but said it was "ineffective"

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He said he developed misophonia during puberty, and then several years later, misokinesia.

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People often report it overlaps with another more recognised condition called misophonia - an intense dislike of other people's noises, such as heavy breathing or loud eating.

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She's now helping her daughter, who has misokinesia and misophonia.

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Often people reported some overlap with another more recognised condition called misophonia - an intense dislike of others people's noises, such as heavy breathing or loud eating.

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