English Explanatory Dictionary

dysmorphia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. dysmorphism
  2. Any of various psychological disorders of distorted body image in which a person inaccurately believes that their body is misshapen or inadequate, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").

Word forms

dysmorphia dysmorphias

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσμορφίᾱ (dusmorphíā, “misshapenness, ugliness”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad, mal-”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Note that sense 2 is a semantic extension from "physical deformity" to a disorder of the perception of one’s bodily form. By surface analysis, dys- + -morph + -ia.

Synonyms

body dysmorphic disorder dysmorphosis body dysmorphia dysmorphophobia dysmorphobia

Related words

dysmorphic dysphoria

Derived words

body dysmorphia money dysmorphia

Translations

Danish: dysmorfofobi Dutch: dysmorfofobie French: dysmorphophobie German: Dysmorphophobie Italian: dismorfofobia Macedonian: дисморфофобија Norwegian Bokmål: dysmorfofobi Norwegian Nynorsk: dysmorfofobi Russian: дисморфия Russian: дисморфофо́бия Spanish: dismorfofobia Swedish: dysmorfofobi
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