Misoneism
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Misoneism is a pathological symptom characterized by aversion to everything new and fear of change. It manifests in certain psychopathic personalities, particularly schizoids and psychasthenics, and can develop in schizophrenics with 'simple' schizophrenia or in remission states.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
MISONEISM (from Greek miso- I hate and neos- new), misoneism, aversion to everything new, fear of change, a pathological symptom, on the one hand representing one of the features characteristic of certain psychopathic personalities, predominantly among schizoids and psychasthenics, in whom it sometimes develops into a special obsessive state [kaino(to)phobia, neophobia; see Obsessive states], and on the other hand often developing in schizophrenics with the so-called 'simple' form of schizophrenia (schizophrenia simplex, dementia simplex) or in remissions and terminal states of other forms.
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“Misoneism.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/misoneism/