Opposition to or criticism of the excessive reverence or worship of books and the written word.
From anti- (against) + bibliolatry (biblio- from Greek biblion, book + -latry, worship). Antibibliolatry emerged in the 20th century among critics who believed people valued books too much at the expense of direct experience or oral tradition.
Some scholars argued that obsessive book-worship actually prevented people from thinking critically—you should question texts, not worship them! This term captures a real tension between respecting knowledge and avoiding blind obedience to authority.
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