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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 innovationplay

  Familiarity information: MISONEISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISONEISM (noun)


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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