Meaning of odium philologicum | Babel Free

Definitions

hatred between philologists over academic points of disagreement

uncountable

Examples

“a Renascence scholar had to justify himself, even if that meant denigrating other mens' learning. To the odium theologicum of the period was added odium philologicum. Sic Shavius putride, says a late scholiast: « thus Shaw stinkingly » — he is referring to a rival commentator's interpretation.”

“Odium pholologicum is a notorious infirmity. Scholars will lash out at one another with unbridled malignancy over what appear to the laity to be minuscule, often risible points of debate.”

“The scholarly wars between British and German academics in World War I are to be seen in the context of a more general odium philologicum which can be traced back to the growth of nationalism in the nineteenth century.”

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