necessary neologisms

sometimes it is necessary to make a new word to express an idea (see also: Thought for Food)

Monday, August 5, 2019

cacothanasias

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the cacothanasias of the 20th century, eg in the trenches and battles of "the Great War", genocides, the Holocaust, et al.
Monday, July 29, 2019

phobophile, philophobe

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phobophilia -- love of fear, hence phobophile philophobia -- fear of love, hence philophobe
Sunday, July 21, 2019

anomie? 😟

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anomiephobia -- fear of an absence of order, ethics, meaning
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

pneumatophile?

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pneumatophilia -- love of spirit pneumatophobia -- fear of spirit
Sunday, April 21, 2019

Cacospel

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cacospel — caco- bad + spell- tale. Antonym to gospel.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

idiomorphize

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anthropomorphize -- attribute human characteristics or behavior to ... (a god, animal or object) idiomorphize -- attribute personal charact...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

fear and love of the best

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aristophobia, aristophobe aristophilia, aristophile
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