Definition of Misoneist

1. Noun. One who hates or dislikes what is new or innovative. ¹

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Definition of Misoneist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misoneist

misogynists
misogynous
misogyny
misologia
misologies
misologist
misologists
misology
misomania
misomaniac
misomaniacal
misomaniacs
misomusist
misoneism
misoneisms
misoneist (current term)
misoneists
misonidazole
misopedia
misoperate
misoperated
misoperates
misoperating
misoperation
misoperations
misopinion
misopinions
misoprostol
misorder
misordered

Literary usage of Misoneist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration in Its Relation to by Ludwig Choulant, Mortimer Frank, Fielding Hudson Garrison, Edward Clark Streeter (1920)
"He was also very firm and clung obstinately to standards which had once been recognized as true. He was the foe of progress, the "misoneist" and friend of ..."

2. The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies by Charles Féré (1899)
"Sighele remarked "that a nation could be misoneist, and at the same time amorous of novelties, like a lady who loves to change her toilet according to the ..."

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