noun
Meaning 1
Hatred or fear of reasoning or argument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
misology
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noun
Meaning 2
hatred of reasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hate, hatred
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μισολογία (misología), from μισόλογος (misólogos), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + λόγος (lógos, “account, reason”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: misologia — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Chinese Mandarin: 邏輯恐懼症 /逻辑恐惧症 (luójí kǒngjùzhèng) — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Estonian: misoloogia — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Finnish: misologia — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- French: misologie — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- German: Misologie — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- German: Aufklärungsfeindlichkeit — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Italian: misologia — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Polish: wstręt rozumu — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Portuguese: misologia — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument
- Russian: мизоло́гия (mizológija) — hatred or fear of reasoning or argument