28 November 2015

autolatry

[aw-tuh-luh-tree]

n.

self-worship,

Origin:

1620s (in Latinate form autolatria), from auto- + -latry.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Example:

Highly critical of religious idolatry, he didn’t understand that his ego and overly developed self-confidence was just autolatry.

Anagram

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Today’s quote

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

– Margaret Thatcher

On this day

28 November 1968 – death of Enid Blyton, British author of numerous series of children’s stories, including ‘Noddy‘, ‘Famous Five‘, and ‘Secret Seven‘. (Born 1897).

28 November 1990 – UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher formally tenders her resignation following disendorsement by her Cabinet on 22 November 1990.

28 November 1994 – U.S. serial killer and cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, bashed to death while cleaning a prison toilet. Dahmer was serving 15 life sentences for the murder of 15 men and boys. He had initially faced 17 murder charges, but this had been reduced.