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misotheism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
misothe-ism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hatred of God or gods.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισόθεος (misótheos, “hating the gods”), from μίσος (mísos, “hatred”) + θεός (theós, “god”). The Greek compound is found in Aeschylus (Agamemnon 1090; compare dystheism). The English word appears as a nonce-coinage, used by T. De Quincey in 1846. Attested as worthy of revival due to having a newfound historical prevalence by Bernard Schweizer in 2002.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μισόθεος

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

maltheism

Questions

What does misotheism mean?
Hatred of God or gods.
Where does misotheism come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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