NounSingular misanthropy Plural uncountable misanthropy (uncountable)
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Derived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Misanthropy is a general dislike, distrust, or hatred of the human species or a disposition to dislike and/or distrust other people's silent consensus about reality. The word comes from the Greek words μίσος (misos, "hatred") and άνθρωπος ( anthrōpos, "man, human being"). A misanthrope is a person who dislikes or distrusts humanity as a general rule. From Wikipedia under the
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