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There’s no sense of real darkness, real misanthropy, or real conflict because Hanks never dares to reveal the man’s unlikability.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
There have been dark wells of hate online since the Usenet era, but back then, misanthropy was distributed across thousands of different platforms.
—Steven Johnson, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2018
But her unorthodox approach both alienates and entrances those around her in the latest delicate comedy from Hong, where characters booze and smoke their way through their ennui without ever succumbing to soul-crushing misanthropy.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
Gervais plays Tony, a newspaperman who's sunk into miserable misanthropy after losing his wife, Lisa (Kerry Godliman), to cancer.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
There have been dark wells of hate online since the Usenet era, but back then, misanthropy was distributed across thousands of different platforms.
—Steven Johnson, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2018
But her unorthodox approach both alienates and entrances those around her in the latest delicate comedy from Hong, where characters booze and smoke their way through their ennui without ever succumbing to soul-crushing misanthropy.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
Gervais plays Tony, a newspaperman who's sunk into miserable misanthropy after losing his wife, Lisa (Kerry Godliman), to cancer.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Misanthropy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthropy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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misanthropy
noun
mis·an·thro·py
mis-ˈan(t)-thrə-pē 
: a dislike or hatred of all human beings
misanthropic
adjective
ˌmis-ᵊn-ˈthräp-ik
misanthropically
adverb
-ˈthräp-i-k(ə-)lē
Medical Definition
misanthropy
noun
mis·an·thro·py
mis-ˈan(t)-thrə-pē
plural misanthropies
: a hatred or distrust of humankind
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