mysophilia
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪsəʊ̆ˈfɪlɪə/
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪə
Noun edit
mysophilia (uncountable)
- A sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of undergarment after use.
- 1963: National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (U.S.), The Psychoanalytic Review, p272
- 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.
- 1988, Dennis M. Dailey, The Sexually Unusual: Guide to Understanding and Helping, page 17:
- 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.
- 2003, Richard W Roukema, MD, What Every Patient, Family, Friend, and Caregiver Needs to Know About Psychiatry, page 133:
- These paraphilias include coprophilia (preoccupation with feces), urophilia (preoccupation with urine), mysophilia (preoccupation with unclean surroundings)…
- 1963: National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (U.S.), The Psychoanalytic Review, p272