A Word A Day —misoneism

This week’s theme: words made using combining forms.

misoneism (mis-uh-NEE-izm) noun

   A hatred or fear of change or innovation.

[From Italian misoneismo, from Greek miso- (hate) + neos (new). Ultimately from the Indo-European root newo- (new) that also gave us new, neo-, neon, novice, novel, novelty, innovate, and renovate.]
 
Today’s word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=misoneism

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

  “The prevailing attitude was therefore one of extreme conservatism: may I indeed say of misoneism?”
   Expanding Trade, Changing Ways of Life-Conclusions; Addis Tribune (Ethiopia); May 15, 1998.

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