psycholatry means the worship of departed souls. It carries an Arena rating of 1388, earned across 55 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, psycholatry ranks #588 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #872 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #1,364 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,735 of 17,163 for Funniest Words.
Why “psycholatry” is a great word
PSYCHOLATRY — [Noun] The worship of departed souls or spirits. From the combining form psycho- (from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psūkhḗ), meaning "soul, breath, life") + -latry (from Ancient Greek -λατρία (-latría), meaning "worship"). First attested in 1868 by W. Cory. Unlike necrolatry, which fixates on the corporeal dead, or animism, which imbues the natural world with spirit, psycholatry venerates the disembodied human essence. It is the candle kept burning at a shrine, the libation poured onto bare earth, the careful setting of a place at a table for one who will never arrive—a quiet devotion not to dust, but to the echo that outlasts the vessel.
Etymology
From psycho- + -latry.
noun
- The worship of departed souls.
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