23 January 2014

misoneism

[mis-oh-nee-iz-uhm, mahy-soh-]

noun

– hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.

Origin:
1885–90; < Italian misoneismo. See miso-, neo-, -ism

Related forms
mis·o·ne·ist, noun
mis·o·ne·is·tic, adjective

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man.

– Archibald MacLeish

On this day

23 January 1803 – death of Sir Arthur Guiness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery. Born 24 September 1725.

23 January 1989 – death of Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter. Born 11 May 1904.