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germophobia

noun

Etymology

From germ + -o- + -phobia.

  1. derived from germen
  2. borrowed from germe
  3. formed as germophobia — “germ + -o- + -phobia”

Definitions

  1. Pathological fear of germs.

    • 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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA