ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mysophilia

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌmaɪsəʊ̆ˈfɪlɪə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mysophilia is a noun meaning A sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of undergarment after use.

Meaning

A sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of undergarment after use.

Example Sentences

These paraphilias include coprophilia (preoccupation with feces), urophilia (preoccupation with urine), mysophilia (preoccupation with unclean surroundings)…
Mysophilia, for example, can probably only be an erotic turn-on when it is possible for people to be clean, which is something that has been possible only in comparatively recent times.
While here filthiness is seemingly a consequence of the fear of being soiled, it is in our cases a consciously wished for situation which might be similar to mysophilia within the psychosexual infantility.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ecdysiasm, molysmophobia, ablutomania, klismaphilia, dysmorphophilia, urophilia.

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