rupophobia
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/ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
Noun
The fear of rubbish or dirt.
Usage- Uncountable
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Patients with rupophobia, the fear of dirt, are at times encountered by the dermatologist. Some of these patients present a traumatic dermatitis, or a self inflicted lesion of the skin.
In fact it is known that in rupophobia there is always an obsessional component.
Today we see the triumph of hyper-hygiene, a sort of rupophobia. In a consumerist and fetishist way, this prescribes appearance, aesthetics, and narcissism.