ablutophobia

English

Etymology

From Latin ablutio (“a washing”) + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) (equivalent to -phobia).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

ablutophobia (uncountable)

1. A pathological fear of washing or bathing.
   • 2008 January 10, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail‎:

     Others, such as ablutophobia, or the fear of bathing, are just plain anti-social.

Related terms

• ablutophobic
• ablutophobe
• phobia

Translations

pathological fear of washing or bathing

Bulgarian: аблутофо́бия f (ablutofóbija) Finnish: peseytymiskammo (fi) French: ablutophobie (fr) f German: Ablutophobie f Indonesian: ablutofobia Portuguese: ablutofobia f Turkish: ablütofobi (tr)