Misology
/maɪˈsɒl.ə.dʒi/noun
Dislike of, distrust of, or hatred for argument or reasoning.
Did you know?Plato uses a form of this idea in the Phaedo, where misology is treated as a dangerous distrust of argument born from repeated disappointment in people and reasoning.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
μισολογία (misología)
“hatred of argument or reasoning”
Ancient Greek
Gk
μῖσος (mîsos) + λόγος (lógos)
“hatred + word, speech, reason, account”
Late Latin
Latin
misologia
“learned borrowing from Greek in philosophical writing”
17th–18th Century
English
misology
“hatred or distrust of reasoning and argument”
Modern English
English
misology
“dislike of, distrust of, or hatred for argument or reasoning”
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