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Recent Examples of misanthropy
For now, the contrast between Martin and his patients has a productive friction that gives Charles plenty of grouchy misanthropy to work with.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
In an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday, Duffy noted that today’s air-travel misanthropy doesn’t just happen on board planes, pointing to fights occurring at baggage claim and arguments with gate agents.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
But after the Oscars reception for 1996’s Fargo — seven nominations and a pair of wins for Frances McDormand and the Coens themselves for their screenplay — the brothers had established themselves as the Academy’s preferred brand of misanthropy.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Many people seem to dwell in politically siloed subcultures (red states, blue cities, suburban group chats, neighborhood-watch forums) that drive them to misanthropy, doomscrolling, and, yes, neurosis.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
In an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday, Duffy noted that today’s air-travel misanthropy doesn’t just happen on board planes, pointing to fights occurring at baggage claim and arguments with gate agents.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
But after the Oscars reception for 1996’s Fargo — seven nominations and a pair of wins for Frances McDormand and the Coens themselves for their screenplay — the brothers had established themselves as the Academy’s preferred brand of misanthropy.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Many people seem to dwell in politically siloed subcultures (red states, blue cities, suburban group chats, neighborhood-watch forums) that drive them to misanthropy, doomscrolling, and, yes, neurosis.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthropy
Noun
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Yosef’s relationship with his sister, Azraa, hums with the familiar chords of siblinghood — antagonism and refuge intertwined.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2026
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All the while, Oh and Comer’s slow dance of antagonism crossed with infatuation is some of the most thrilling acting in recent television memory.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Iran war has entered its fifth week with hostilities escalating across the region.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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After all, a bit more than a decade later, hostilities would explode anew in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, during which Nasser shut the canal again.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Chinese analysts also reflect an acute awareness from Beijing of the entrenched challenges in resolving a conflict where the two sides have little trust and much animosity.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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To hear the ambassador tell it, the animosity exhibited by Hungary’s government doesn’t reflect its society’s sentiments.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What was disturbing were people who sped past a foot away from elderly people, shouting obscenities with faces twisted in hatred.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Këkht Aräkh is not unique in his loneliness; the pain of being alone is as thematically central to DSBM as the hatred of Christianity.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
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The unusually blunt readout underscores what could be a long enmity between the region and Tehran, with Arab Gulf states concluding that Iran’s drones, missiles, and proxies — essentially the regime itself — pose a regional threat.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Washington is looking to keep momentum in its yearlong push to stop the fighting and overcome deep enmity between the warring countries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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First Alert Weather meteorologist David Yeomans said the weather has a big impact on allergies.—
Shardaa Gray,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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That’s why having an allergy and anaphylaxis emergency care plan is so helpful.—
Dr. Sonja O'Leary,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Fanning the flames of the drama was the mutual antipathy between the couples.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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The storyline has been that Apple can’t shoot straight; the antipathy of the Apple-using/hating commentators runs so deep that the critics dredged up the canard that Apple’s done nothing since former CEO Steve Jobs died.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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At the jail in the Dade County Courthouse, Zangara confessed and expounded on his dislike for heads of state.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Mitch Prinstein, who researches technology and brain development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says teens shouldn't be getting notifications or at least not as many notifications of likes, or dislikes.—
Carmel Wroth,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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