word | misanthropic |
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definition | Hating or distrusting humans. |
eg_sentence | Few characters in literature are more misanthropic than Ebenezer Scrooge, who cares for nothing but money. |
explanation | Jonathan Swift was famous for the misanthropy of works such as Gulliver's Travels which make fun of all kinds of human foolishness. But in spite of his apparent misanthropic attitude, he spent a third of his income on founding a hospital and another third on other charities—certainly not the acts of a true misanthrope. Today we often use synonyms such as cynic and grinch for misanthropic types—while hoping we don't meet too many of them |
IPA | misanthropic* |
Tags: mwvb::unit:18, mwvb::unit:18:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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