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Definition of Misology
1. Noun. Hatred of reasoning.
Definition of Misology
1. n. Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment.
Definition of Misology
1. Noun. Hatred or fear of reasoning or argument. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misology
1. a hatred of debate or reasoning [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misology
Literary usage of Misology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of Humanity by Robert Briffault (1919)
"CHAPTER I misology BY that detached, inexperienced judge, an extra-terrestrial
observer of this world, who saw to what prodigious ascension that attuning ..."
2. The Life of Goethe by George Henry Lewes (1882)
"And first of the main theme: "The intended theme of Faust," says Coleridge, "is
the consequences of a misology or hatred and depreciation of knowledge ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"199. misology (mi-sol'o-ji), ». ... The sombre hierarchs of misology, who take
away the keys of knowledge. ..."
4. The Greek Sceptics from Pyrrho to Sextus: An Essay which Obtained the Hare by Norman Maccoll (1869)
"misology and misanthropy come to pass in the same fashion. For a man assumes
misanthropy after he has trusted some one without limit and without heed, ..."
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