onolatry

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As regards the last of these, romanticism, according to the author, has meant the rehabilitation of the ass, and the Rousseauists are guilty of onolatry.

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  1. The worship of an ass or asses: ascribed to various ancient sects. Jour. Amer. Folk-lore, July–Sept., 1903, p. 203.

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  • As regards the last of these, romanticism, according to the author, has meant the rehabilitation of the ass, and the Rousseauists are guilty of onolatry. —  The Art of Letters
 

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  1. Greek ὄνος, ass, + λατρεία, worship.
 

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