Jul. 29th, 2008

misoneism

Jul. 29th, 2008 07:29 am
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misoneism - n., hatred, intolerance, or fear of change or innovation.


Stress on the third syllable, -nee-. Adopted in the 1880s from Italian (and that's a story I want to know more about), from Greek roots miso-, hatred (same as misogyny) + neos, new + -ism.

---L.

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