misoneism

Etymology

From Italian misoneismo (after Cesare Lombroso).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəˈniː.ɪzəm/, /ˌmaɪsəˈniː.ɪzəm/

Noun

misoneism (usually uncountable, plural misoneisms)

1. The hatred or distrust of new things or ideas.
   • 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland:

     What really got his attention was the Lombrosian concept of “misoneism”. Radicals, militants, revolutionaries, however they styled themselves, all sinned against this deep organic human principle, which Lombroso had named after the Greek for “hatred of anything new.”