Misanthropy
noun
Dislike or hatred towards people.
His misanthropy became all too apparent when he started distancing himself from family and friends.
Often appears as...
- express misanthropy
- develop misanthropy
noun
Dislike or hatred towards people.
His misanthropy became all too apparent when he started distancing himself from family and friends.
Often appears as...
- express misanthropy
- develop misanthropy
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Misanthropy carries a strong negative feeling; it's more than just not liking people.
His misanthropy was evident in how he sneered at social gatherings.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
Misanthropy may stem from bad experiences, leading to distrust and avoidance of people.
After being betrayed, his misanthropy stopped him from making new friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Literature often depicts misanthropic characters as reclusive, grumpy, or cynical.
Scrooge's misanthropy is challenged by the joyous people around him.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Misanthropy carries a strong negative feeling; it's more than just not liking people.
His misanthropy was evident in how he sneered at social gatherings.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
Misanthropy may stem from bad experiences, leading to distrust and avoidance of people.
After being betrayed, his misanthropy stopped him from making new friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Literature often depicts misanthropic characters as reclusive, grumpy, or cynical.
Scrooge's misanthropy is challenged by the joyous people around him.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Misanthropy carries a strong negative feeling; it's more than just not liking people.
His misanthropy was evident in how he sneered at social gatherings.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
Misanthropy may stem from bad experiences, leading to distrust and avoidance of people.
After being betrayed, his misanthropy stopped him from making new friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Literature often depicts misanthropic characters as reclusive, grumpy, or cynical.
Scrooge's misanthropy is challenged by the joyous people around him.
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Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.
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Dakin Matthews
American Actor
Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
There's a lot to be said for misanthropy.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.
Quote examples
Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.
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Dakin Matthews
American Actor
Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
There's a lot to be said for misanthropy.
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