Definitions

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  • noun Hatred of God.

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  • noun Hatred of God.

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  • noun Hatred of God or gods

Etymologies

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From Greek μισόθεος "hating the gods", from μίσος "hatred" and θεός "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.

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Examples

  • Maltheism, of course, has a long and rich history through dystheism, misotheism, theodicy, dualism, and fideism, due largely to the fact that religious authors through the ages have taken great pains to unapologetically anthropomorphize their gods in all the worst ways possible.

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

  • Maltheism, of course, has a long and rich history through dystheism, misotheism, theodicy, dualism, and fideism, due largely to the fact that religious authors through the ages have taken great pains to unapologetically anthropomorphize their gods in all the worst ways possible.

    An Illustrated Guide : The Lovecraft News Network 2010

  • Hypocrisy, the cringing of sycophants, and the credulities of fear, united to conceal this misotheism; but we may be sure that it was widely diffused through the sincerities of the human heart.

    Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, et. al., are some of the leading missionaries for misotheism.

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2008

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