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Noun

1. 1
   Excessive attention paid to bodily health, at the expense of morality or religion. archaic, derogatory, uncountable

   "“Hygeiolatry,” in The Peak in Darien (Boston, 1882), pp. 81–91. By Frances Power Cobbe"

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idolatryidolization

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"“Hygeiolatry,” in The Peak in Darien (Boston, 1882), pp. 81–91. By Frances Power Cobbe"

Etymology

hygiene + -o- + -latry. Attested as early as 1882.

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