Definition of "misanthropy" []

• Hatred or mistrust of humankind. (noun)

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• "Having been often ill-served on screen, Thompson's literary misanthropy is distilled in this tale of a psychopath who batters and kills those who love him with utter detachment; no wonder Stanley Kubrick called the book the most believable first-person depiction of the psychopathic mind."
• "I know misanthropy is common, but there’s no reason to just take it all out on smokers. too many steves Says:"
• "From White Man Can’t Jump to Natural Born Killers to The People vs. Larry Flynt, it’s all been a merry wallow in misanthropy, whether of the self-centered or sociopathic variety."