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hygeiolatry

hygeiolatry noun: excessive attention paid to bodily health, at the expense of morality or religion.

Noun

hygeiolatry (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) Excessive attention paid to bodily health, at the expense of morality or religion.
    • “Hygeiolatry,” in The Peak in Darien (Boston, 1882), pp. 81–91. By Frances Power Cobbe

Origin of hygeiolatry

hygiene + -o- + -latry. Attested as early as 1882.

Questions about hygeiolatry

What does hygeiolatry mean?
Hygeiolatry means excessive attention paid to bodily health, at the expense of morality or religion.
What part of speech is hygeiolatry?
Hygeiolatry is a noun.

Words near hygeiolatry in the dictionary

  1. hyfrecators
  2. hygeen
  3. hygeens
  4. Hygeia
  5. hygeian
  6. hygeiolatry
  7. hygeiotherapy
  8. hygeist
  9. hygeistic
  10. hygeists
  11. hygenic

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