misoneism
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- misoneist noun
- misoneistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of misoneism
From the Italian word misoneismo, dating back to 1885–90. See miso-, neo-, -ism
Example Sentences
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As in nature, misoneism dominates every human community.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
Philoneism may be nobler and more humane, but, unfortunately, it is only misoneism that is true.
From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Zenker, Ernst Viktor
The misoneism of crowds seems to me one of the strongest arguments in favor of the individual character of invention.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
Every progress in nature is the result of a struggle between the tendency to immobility, manifested by misoneism, or the hatred of novelty, and a foreign force which seeks to conquer this tendency.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
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