Pronounced: a-puh-DIK-tik, adj
Notes: I have run across the word, but I didn’t know the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word misocainea is “a hatred of new ideas”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1930s
Background / Comments
There are many who don’t like new ideas; it is nice to know that there is a word for this kind of thing. Our word came from the Greek words miso- (hate) and -cainea (new).
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