misophonia

English

Etymology

From miso- (“hatred”) +‎ -phonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪ.səˈfəʊ.ni.ə/

Noun

misophonia (uncountable)

1. A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.
   • 2013 January 23, Arjan Schröder et al., “Misophonia: Diagnostic Criteria for a New Psychiatric Disorder”, in PLOS One, →DOI:

     The misophonia patients shared a similar pattern of symptoms in which an auditory or visual stimulus provoked an immediate aversive physical reaction with anger, disgust and impulsive aggression.

Derived terms

• misophone

Translations

neurological disorder

• Finnish: misofonia
• Greek: μισοφωνία (el) f (misofonía)
• Turkish: mizofoni

See also

• hyperacusis
• phonophobia

Further reading

• misophonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia