misokinesia

English

Noun

misokinesia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An extreme psychological aversion to observing small repetitive movements, such as another person's fidgeting.
   • 2024. Michelle Roberts, BBC Digital health editor, in BBC News article "Jiggling thighs and hair twiddling among triggers for those who hate fidgeting" [1]

     "Sound familiar? If so, perhaps you too have a condition called misokinesia - a diagnosable hatred of fidgeting."