dysmorphia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσμορφίᾱ (dusmorphíā, “misshapenness, ugliness”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad, mal-”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

Noun

dysmorphia (countable and uncountable, plural dysmorphias)

1. (psychology, psychiatry) Any of various psychological disorders of distorted body image in which a person inaccurately believes that their body is misshapen or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").

   Synonyms: body dysmorphic disorder, dysmorphosis

Related terms

• dysmorphic (adj)

Translations

dysmorphia

• Danish: dysmorfofobi c
• Dutch: dysmorfofobie
• French: dysmorphophobie (fr) f
• German: Dysmorphophobie (de) f
• Italian: dismorfofobia (it) f
• Macedonian: дисморфофобија f (dismorfofobija)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: dysmorfofobi

  Norwegian Nynorsk: dysmorfofobi

• Russian: дисморфия (ru) f (dismorfija), дисморфофо́бия (ru) f (dismorfofóbija)
• Spanish: dismorfofobia (es) f
• Swedish: dysmorfofobi

See also

• dysphoria