Home › Words › A › ablutophobiaablutophobiaablutophobia means A pathological fear of washing or bathing.EtymologyFrom Latin ablutio (“a washing”) + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) (equivalent to -phobia).nounA pathological fear of washing or bathing.e.g.“Others, such as ablutophobia, or the fear of bathing, are just plain anti-social.” — 2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ablutophobe 85% match — A person who fears bathing. vs ablutophobia →ablutophobic 79% match — Of or pertaining to or suffering from ablutophobia. vs ablutophobia →ablutomania 75% match — Morbid preoccupation with thoughts about cleanliness; obsession with bathing or washing. vs ablutophobia →ablutophilia 73% match — A paraphilia involving sexual excitement from baths or showers. vs ablutophobia →automysophobia 70% match — An abnormal fear of being dirty. vs ablutophobia →aquaphobia 66% match — A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning. vs ablutophobia →dermatopathophobia 64% match — A fear of skin disease. vs ablutophobia →germophobic 61% match — Morbidly afraid of germs. vs ablutophobia →