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Definition of Misoneists
1. misoneist [n] - See also: misoneist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misoneists
Literary usage of Misoneists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1891)
""Children," say they, "women, savages are curious, lovers of novelties, and
misoneists are so far from being ignorant that you yourself refer to them as ..."
2. Ireland's Literary Renaissance by Ernest Augustus Boyd (1922)
"... news-issue," to exasperate the misoneists. Instead we find an ironic detachment
and a serene pleasure in the philosophic examination of modern ideals. ..."
3. The Unknown Guest by Maurice Maeterlinck (1914)
"With the exception of two or three sceptics or convinced misoneists and of those
who made too short a stay at Elberfeld, all were unanimous in recognizing ..."
4. A Text-book of Psychiatry for Physicians and Students by Leonardo Bianchi (1906)
"They are, as Lombroso happily characterizes them, misoneists par excellence.
Every new adaptation presents to them almost insurmountable difficulties, ..."
5. Ireland's Literary Renaissance: Further Reviews of Diaries from the by Arthur Ponsonby Ponsonby (1922)
"... news-issue," to exasperate the misoneists. Instead we find an ironic detachment
and a serene pleasure in the philosophic examination of modern ideals. ..."
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