Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Hatred or fear of change or innovation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Hatred of innovation.

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  • noun The hatred or distrust of new things or ideas.

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  • noun hatred of change or innovation

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian misoneismo : Greek mīso-, miso- + Greek neos, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Italian misoneismo (after Cesare Lombroso); see it for more.

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  • Citation on misology.

    July 30, 2008

  • Cooler than neophobia, isn’t it?

    February 20, 2010