misophoneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

misophone (plural misophones)

1. A person who suffers from misophonia.
   • 2013 July 19, Charles Bethea, “The Chewing Sound and the Fury”, in New Republic‎:

     One teen couldn’t stand the sound of her mother sighing and, after going on anti-depressants, attempted suicide three times. Psychologists have begun to call them misophones—people with an acute reaction to specific, usually low-volume sounds. But because the condition is still poorly understood, sufferers struggle to convince their families, friends, and employers that their problem isn’t just a heightened form of neuroticism.

   • 2025 October 11, Samantha Weinberg, “Do you have to breathe so loudly?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

     […] [Jane Gregory] likened misophones to meerkat super guards, “able to detect the slightest hint of danger while the others forage for food and entertain the kids”.

参考

• phonophobe