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Recent Examples of misanthropy
Eventually, my dad seemed to notice my adolescent misanthropy.
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Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Everett’s primary characters tend toward reluctant heroism but also, at times, vengeance, alongside streaks of misanthropy.
—James Yeh, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
Polanski’s viewpoint is so controlled, there’s no rage in his apparent misanthropy.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
And in 2024, as the show airs its final episodes, the misanthropy Curb radiates has never felt more timely.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Everett’s primary characters tend toward reluctant heroism but also, at times, vengeance, alongside streaks of misanthropy.
—James Yeh, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
Polanski’s viewpoint is so controlled, there’s no rage in his apparent misanthropy.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
And in 2024, as the show airs its final episodes, the misanthropy Curb radiates has never felt more timely.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthropy
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In 2018, Stephen Bannon, a former campaign strategist for Mr. Trump, framed this antagonism in stark terms.Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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The atmosphere is boosted by some splendid acting: Fiennes lends a vulnerable and earnest demeanor to the honorable Lawrence, while Tucci’s complexity and Lithgow’s antagonism spark their respective rival cardinals.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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The spike in homophobia and homophobic violence has led Ivorian gay communities and human rights groups to express concerns that the hostility could endanger the country's reputation for comparative tolerance.Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, international alarm has arisen over the hostilities taking place around southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP), which Russia captured at the start of the war.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Even Juan Hernandez of Santa Clara, whose nose was broken by protesters while attending the 2016 Trump rally in his MAGA hat, senses a deeper animosity now than eight years ago.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Since there is still plenty of animosity and story between Knight and Carmelo Hayes, Andrade will, unfortunately, be the one taking the fall.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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As an intimacy grows between Cassie and Bryan, Berryman again dances with shadows of Blanche and Stanley, but with all the hatred removed, the poisons of class and time and gender drained away.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The hatred isn’t just coming from anonymous fringe posters either.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Once Trump withdraws America’s aegis over these allies, what is to prevent old hostilities from resurfacing, from enmities between Germany and France or Germany and Poland to lingering resentments between the Japanese and Koreans?Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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To say Raffensperger has been a constant in Trump’s craw would be to understate the ex-President’s enmity toward him.Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Because of their thick skin, testing for skin allergies was not possible, but the zoo performed blood allergy tests.Jen McCaffery, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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In severe cases, a soy allergy can cause anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening reaction that hinders breathing and can cause blood pressure to drop dangerously low, limiting blood flow to vital organs.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Less frequently observed, at least in my anecdotal observations, are would-be Kamala Harris voters requiring that extra push—largely because their antipathy to Trump is already such a decisive motivational driver.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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In fact, Democratic antipathy has turned many lifelong Democrats who work in crypto into Trump supporters, since the Biden administration has put their livelihoods at risk and treated these entrepreneurs as criminals.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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One in five survey respondents' decision to look for another job was mainly motivated by their desire for remote work and their dislike of their current organization's RTO (return-to-office) policy.Rachel Wells, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Sharks Mark Cuban and Greiner hooted and hollered their dislike of the espresso martini's taste.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Misanthropy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthropy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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