Misanthropy

Definitions

A negative view or hatred of the human race.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface Hence gloom and misanthropy have⟳ become⟳ the characteristics of the age in which we live⟳, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own⟳ despair.”

“According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand⟳ extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay⟳ up rather than face⟳ the costs of a legal battle.”

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