出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/18 02:52 UTC 版)
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισόθεος (misótheos, “hating the gods”), from μίσος (mísos, “hatred”) + θεός (theós, “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. Attested as worthy of revival due to having a newfound historical prevalence by Bernard Schweizer in 2002. The term's purported exclusion of atheists and agnostics disputed by Patheos in 2011.