Germophobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Germophobia is a noun meaning Pathological fear of germs.
Meaning
Pathological fear of germs.
Example Sentences
American democracy still prefers candidates to go from door to door and picnic to picnic, shaking hands. Trump is going have to conquer his self-confessed germophobia if he’s going to win
Word Forms
- germaphobia
Synonyms for germophobia
Depending on context, synonyms include mysophobia, bacillophobia, bacteriophobia, ablutomania.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pathophobia, microphobia, molysmophobia, insectophobia, gonophobia, sitophobia.
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