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mysophilia

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[mahy-suh-fil-ee-uh] / ˌmaɪ səˈfɪl i ə /

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.


Etymology

Origin of mysophilia

1955–60; < New Latin, equivalent to myso- (< Greek mýsos filth) + -philia -philia

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