Home › Words › A › ataxophobiaataxophobiaataxophobia · noun — abnormal fear or dislike of messiness, often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom a- + taxo- + -phobia.nounAbnormal fear or dislike of messiness, often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.e.g.“"...You saw how he acted this morning. He's nervous and irritable and he dreads any noise or confusion — " "Ataxophobia," Tom murmured.” — 1975, A. l. furman, Dog Stories More, →ISBN, page 36:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.automysophobia 66% match — An abnormal fear of being dirty. vs ataxophobia →atychiphobe 64% match — Someone suffering from atychiphobia. vs ataxophobia →disposophobia 64% match — Fear or dislike of disposing of items; a tendency to hoard things. vs ataxophobia →amathophobia 63% match — Fear of dust. vs ataxophobia →disposophobic 62% match — Exhibiting or relating to disposophobia. vs ataxophobia →molysmophobia 62% match — A morbid fear of dirt, germs or contamination. vs ataxophobia →agateophobia 61% match — A fear of insanity. vs ataxophobia →atelophobia 59% match — The fear of imperfection or not being good enough. vs ataxophobia →