醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

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Meanings

noun

body dysmorphic disorder; dysmorphophobia

Medical term for a mental disorder characterized by obsessive preoccupation with perceived flaws in one's appearance. Often abbreviated as 醜形恐怖.

醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうの患かん者じゃは、自じ分ぶんの

外がい

見けん

の

些さ

細さい

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欠けっ

点てん

に

過か

度ど

に

とらわれる

。

Patients with body dysmorphic disorder become excessively preoccupied with minor flaws in their appearance.

彼かの女じょは醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうと診しん断だんされ、認にん知ち行こう動どう療りょう法ほうを受うけている。

She was diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder and is receiving cognitive behavioral therapy.

Kanji

醜ugly, unclean, shame
形shape, form, style
恐fear, dread, awe
怖dreadful, be frightened, fearful
症symptoms, illness

Related words

醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ
Common abbreviation of 醜形恐怖症, used in the same medical context but slightly less formal.
身しん体たい醜しゅう形けい障しょう害がい
Alternative term for body dysmorphic disorder, more directly translating 'body dysmorphic disorder' and used in some clinical settings.

Etymology

Compound of 醜形 (shūkei, 'ugly form') + 恐怖症 (kyōfushō, 'phobia'). The term is a direct translation of the English 'dysmorphophobia' or 'body dysmorphic disorder'.