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hygeiolatry

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Excessive attention paid to bodily health, at the expense of morality or religion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, derogatory, uncountable

Examples

  • “Hygeiolatry,” in The Peak in Darien (Boston, 1882), pp. 81–91. By Frances Power Cobbe

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

hygiene + -o- + -latry. Attested as early as 1882.