Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Want of philanthropy; lack of benevolence.
  • noun In pathology, preference of solitude to society, the first stage of melancholia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Lack of love for humankind.

Etymologies

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a- +‎ philanthropy

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