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misotheism

misotheism noun: hatred of God or gods.

Noun

misotheism (uncountable)

  1. (rare, chiefly theistic) Hatred of God or gods.

Origin of misotheism

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.

Questions about misotheism

What does misotheism mean?
Misotheism means hatred of God or gods.
What part of speech is misotheism?
Misotheism is a noun.

Words near misotheism in the dictionary

  1. misosophers
  2. misosophical
  3. misosophist
  4. misosophists
  5. misosophy
  6. misotheism
  7. misotheist
  8. misotheistic
  9. misotheists
  10. misown
  11. misowned

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