| 单词 | misoneism |
| 释义 | misoneism (once / 1477414 pages) n If you're still using a wall telephone with a cord and refusing to buy a cell phone, your more tech-savvy friends might accuse you of misoneism, or hating new things. The noun misoneism is one way to describe a suspicion of innovation, or a stubborn tendency to stick with the older ways of doing things. A farmer's misoneism, for example, might lead her to use plow-pulling oxen rather than tractors and to milk her cows by hand rather than using newer milking machines. The Greek word for "hatred," misos merges here with neos, or "new." WORD FAMILYmisoneism USAGE EXAMPLESPhiloneism may be nobler and more humane, but, unfortunately, it is only misoneism that is true. Zenker, Ernst Viktor, Anarchism—A Criticism and History o...(2010) As in nature, misoneism dominates every human community. Lombroso, Gina, Criminal Man—According to the Class...(2010) The misoneism of crowds seems to me one of the strongest arguments in favor of the individual character of invention. Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen, Essay on the Creative Imagination(2010) n hatred of change or innovation Hypo|Hyper misocainea hatred of new ideas hate, hatred the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action |
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