idiolatry

Feb. 8th, 2023 07:23 am
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idiolatry (i-di-OL-uh-tree) - n., self-worship.


Or as the 1913 Webster's also put it, "excessive self-esteem." Not to be confused with idolatry, the idol-worship. This is even rarer than its synonym autolatry. I thought this paired well with yesterday's anemocracy. Coined from Ancient Greek roots ídios, own/personal + latreía, worship/service.

---L.

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