misoneism

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌmɪsəˈniː.ɪzəm/
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/ˌmɪsəˈniː.ɪzəm/ · /ˌmaɪsəˈniː.ɪzəm/

Definition of misoneism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The distrust or hatred of new ideas or things.
    “In politics this type of philistine has more than once denounced the "golden rule" as an "iridescent dream" of a lunatic. Such philistinism pleases the misoneism of the mediocre, whence the enthusiasm over platitudes and the reign of the philistine in newspaper art, literature and science.”
    “Perché non mi adeguo all'introduzione di tali progressi anche nel calcolo delle probabilità, già universalmente accettata portando anche ivi grandiosi progressi? Si tratta di incomprensione? di misoneismo? di civetteria nel preferire utensili artigianali nell'era dell'automazione che permette la confezione in serie perfino di cervelli sia elettronici che umani?”
    “What really got his attention was the Lombrosian concept of “misoneism”. Radicals, militants, revolutionaries, however they styled themselves, all sinned against this deep organic human principle, which Lombroso had named after the Greek for “hatred of anything new.””

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Etymology

From Italian misoneismo (after Cesare Lombroso). Equivalent to miso- + neo- + -ism.

Anagrams of misoneism

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