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MISONEISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misoneism mean?
• MISONEISM (noun)
The noun MISONEISM has 1 sense:
1. hatred of change or innovation
Familiarity information: MISONEISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hatred of change or innovation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("misoneism" is a kind of...):
hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misoneism"):
misocainea (hatred of new ideas)
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