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misophonia
[ mees-oh-foh-nee-uh ]
noun
- Psychiatry. a condition characterized by extreme sensitivity and reactivity to specific, typically repetitive and relatively soft sounds, as breathing, chewing, swallowing, clicking, etc.:
In patients with misophonia, an auditory stimulus provoked an immediate physical reaction, with anger, disgust, and sometimes even impulsive aggression.
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Other Words From
- mis·o·phon·ic [mees-oh-, fon, -ik, -, foh, nik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of misophonia1
miso- ( def ) + Greek -phōnia ( -phony ( def ) ); coined by audiologists Pawel J. and Margaret M. Jastreboff in 2001
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