Word of the Day: Misology

[Paco Dennis]

In Plato’s dialogues, the Phaedo, Laches, and Republic, Socrates warns his interlocutors about the dangers of misology. Misology is explained by analogy with misanthropy, not as the hatred of other human beings, but as the hatred of the logos or reasonable discourse.

 

[RubyK]

Misology is defined by Dictionary's.net as hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment and reasoning. So I assume that uninformed people suffer from misology.

 

[Buckeye]

I dunno. I see a lot of uninformed people who most certainly do not suffer from "misology".

 

[Irwin]

Misology is the result of not having facts to support your opinion and as a result, people have to resort to insults and lies. It's why political discussions are banned here and in many other forums.

 

[Kaila]

Interesting thread. I hadn't heard this word in use.

 

[Kaila]

Hatred of reasoning,
and distrust of the Socratic method, of attaining information and education through debate.....
are explanations of the term, misology.