Mysophobia
id:
mysophobia-221-127979
title:
Mysophobia
text:
Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. It is classified as a type of specific phobia, meaning it is evaluated and diagnosed based on the experience of high levels of fear and anxiety beyond what is reasonable when exposed to or in anticipation of exposure to stimuli related to the particular concept. William A. Hammond first coined the term in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive–
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Pathological fear of contamination and germs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysophobia
date created:
2006-11-13T23:10:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T23:36:24Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1423683","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1423683"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15