mysophilia
American
[mahy-suh-fil-ee-uh]
/ ˌmaɪ səˈfɪl i ə /
noun
Psychiatry.
Etymology
Origin of mysophilia
1955–60; < New Latin, equivalent to myso- (< Greek mýsos filth) + -philia -philia
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