English
Etymology
etystub
Pronunciation
RP IPA|/�maɪs����fɪlɪ�/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪlɪ�|-ɪlɪ�
Noun
en-noun|-
- 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, p17
#*: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, p133
#*:These paraphilias include coprophilia (preoccupation with feces), urophilia (preoccupation with urine), mysophilia (preoccupation with unclean surroundings)�
Related terms
mysophile
Category:Greek derivations
Category:Medical
Category:Sexual deviance
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