misanthropy

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He is aware that his misanthropy is a problem, so he keeps himself to himself as much as possible.

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  1. noun Hatred or mistrust of humankind.

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  • This disproves misanthropy, and leaves egoism as the only explanation of his occasional lapses into bitterness or rudeness. —  The Life of George Borrow
  • Updates, 12 / 19: "Sondheim's characteristic mix of sentimentality, misanthropy, and high art is as Broadway as an $18 souvenir program," writes —  GreenCine Daily
  • And one that I think Mr. DMFP and I both share and likely have passed along -- in addition to a strong tendency to personal insularity, misanthropy, alcohol consumption, and sarcasm (our children have such bright futures!) -- is depression. —  Autism Hub
  • Well, it seemed he had a cause for his misanthropy which I never knew of, for when he was a young man he went away from home, and we didn't hear from him for years. —  Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
  • This might, on the lips of a cynic, serve for a formula of that kind of misanthropy which is not more unamiable than it is unscientific. —  Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
 

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  1. = French misanthropic = Spanish misantropía = Portuguese misanthropia = Italian misantropia, from Greek μισανθρωπία, hatred of men, from μισάνθρωπος, hating man: see misanthrope.
 

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/mɪsˈænθrəpi/
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