poetolatry

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noun

Excessive or religious worship of poets.

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Meanings

nounpoetolatry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive or religious worship of poets.

    There is yet another way in which Personal Heresy offends against personality; […] I am referring to the growth of what may be called Poetolatry.

    1936, C.S. Lewis, Ess. & Stud., volume 21, page 165

Origin

From poet + -olatry. Apparently coined by C. S. Lewis in 1936: see the quotation.

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APA

poetolatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetolatry

MLA

“poetolatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetolatry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poetolatry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetolatry.

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