as in cynic
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
a former misanthrope who now professes a newly discovered love of mankind
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Japanese novelist Kazuo Ishiguro once told The Paris Review that idealistic people become misanthropes when they’re let down two or three times.
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Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
Countless other stories have modeled characters on Dickens’ iconic misanthrope, albeit without the Victorian sleeping cap.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
The casual viewer of White’s work might mistake him for a misanthrope.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
Its narrator, Sally Milz, is a misanthrope who has given up on the idea of romantic partnership.
—Washington Post Editors and Reviewers, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
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Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
Countless other stories have modeled characters on Dickens’ iconic misanthrope, albeit without the Victorian sleeping cap.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
The casual viewer of White’s work might mistake him for a misanthrope.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
Its narrator, Sally Milz, is a misanthrope who has given up on the idea of romantic partnership.
—Washington Post Editors and Reviewers, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
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“Misanthrope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthrope. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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