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Misanthropy

Misanthropy \Mis*an"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. misanthropie.] Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy.
--Orrery.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
misanthropy

1650s, from Greek misanthropia "hatred of mankind," from misanthropos (see misanthrope).

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misanthropy

n. hatred or dislike of people or mankind.

WordNet
misanthropy
  1. n. hatred of mankind

  2. a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people

Wikipedia
Misanthropy

Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. The word's origin is from the Greek words μῖσος (misos, "hatred") and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "man, human"). The condition is often confused with asociality.

Usage examples of "misanthropy".

In their individual and aggregate air of corruption, malevolence and misanthropy, they made the other inhabitants of the Pinchgut look as genteel and demure as countinghouse clerks.

Moreover, Lydia and Florent, to his wounded sensibility of a demi-pariah, formed the only pleasant corner in his life--were the fresh and youthful comforters of his widowerhood and of his misanthropy.

To convince ourselves of this, we do not need to recall the effect of Werther, of Childe Harold, and of Don Juan, and the imitation of their sentimentality, misanthropy, and adventure, down to the copying of the rakishness of the loosely-knotted necktie and the broad turn-over collar.

Behind it on a stool sat wizened, one-legged Nym, an elderly male who for sheer surly, unwavering misanthropy rivaled any demon the Master of Sorcere had ever conjured.