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First there would be the airport taxi line, a reliable case study in misanthropy.
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Beneath the veneer of misanthropy and the din of controversy her perspective has often incited lies a more generous sensibility that was always present but is only now coming to the fore.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
But there is more, much more, to McKellen’s rendering of Erskine than uproariously unfettered misanthropy.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
The film follows a London housewife named Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) who takes her misanthropy out on everyone around her.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Beneath the veneer of misanthropy and the din of controversy her perspective has often incited lies a more generous sensibility that was always present but is only now coming to the fore.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
But there is more, much more, to McKellen’s rendering of Erskine than uproariously unfettered misanthropy.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
The film follows a London housewife named Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) who takes her misanthropy out on everyone around her.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Misanthropy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthropy. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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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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