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Examples of misanthropy in a Sentence
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Polanski’s viewpoint is so controlled, there’s no rage in his apparent misanthropy.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
And in 2024, as the show airs its final episodes, the misanthropy Curb radiates has never felt more timely.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
Larry David is back for one last blast of hilarious, unrepentant misanthropy in the official trailer for the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
An arc about William gradually shaking off his youthful misanthropy and coming to accept his fate as a future monarch is about as engaging as the post-Diana episodes get.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
The author does expose how a movement that is nominally about eschewing wealth in the name of helping humanity devolved into greed and misanthropy.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 6 Oct. 2023
The titular protagonist of Clowes’s new graphic novel, Monica, is a woman defined not by defensive misanthropy but by a flinty resilience that propels her to find real meaning in her life.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2023
But there’s a method to the misanthropy, a gloomy, compelling depth to their vivid roadman tales of poverty and unease.
—Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
That’s the trendy essence of the new misanthropy now rampant throughout British and American public service and phony class dramas such as TV’s Succession.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1625, in the meaning defined above
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“Misanthropy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthropy. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
misanthropy
noun
mis·an·thro·py
mis-ˈan(t)-thrə-pē
: a dislike or hatred of all human beings
misanthropic
adjective
ˌmis-ᵊn-ˈthräp-ik
misanthropically
adverb
-ˈthräp-i-k(ə-)lē
Medical Definition
misanthropy
noun
mis·an·thro·py
mis-ˈan(t)-thrə-pē
plural misanthropies
: a hatred or distrust of humankind
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