symmetrophobia A fear or dislike of symmetry. An example of symmetrophobia is when an individual has the compulsion to rearrange furniture so that end tables are not exactly the same distances from a couch, or so identical lamps are not positioned at equal distances from a chair or couch. There may also be a compulsion to rearrange pictures on a ... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1302/38