English
Etymology
From Italian misoneismo (after Cesare Lombroso), from Greek μι�ο� �hatred� + νεο� �new�.
Noun
misoneism
- The hatred or distrust of new things or ideas.
#:*1990: What really got his attention was the Lombrosian concept of �misoneism�. Radicals, militants, revolutionaries, however they styled themselves, all sinned against this deep organic human principle, which Lombroso had named after the Greek for �hatred of anything new.� � Thomas Pynchon, Vineland
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