misoneistic
oʊˈni noun
hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
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misoneism (ˌmɪsəʊˈniːˌɪzəm, ˌmaɪ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| hatred of anything new | |
| [C19: from Italian misoneismo; see | |
| miso'neist | |
| —n | |
| misone'istic | |
| —adj | |
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Misoneistic
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| misoneism (ˌmɪsəʊˈniːˌɪzəm, ˌmaɪ-) | |
| —n | |
| hatred of anything new | |
| [C19: from Italian misoneismo; see | |
| miso'neist | |
| —n | |
| misone'istic | |
| —adj | |
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