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Recent Examples of misanthropy
Instead of preaching sappy compassion, Clouzot dares to embrace the misanthropy that refuses sentimental justifications.
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Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
There’s no sense of real darkness, real misanthropy, or real conflict because Hanks never dares to reveal the man’s unlikability.
—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
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Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
There’s no sense of real darkness, real misanthropy, or real conflict because Hanks never dares to reveal the man’s unlikability.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthropy
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The ranks of mainland Chinese visitors coming to Japan nearly tripled last year to 7 million, chipping away at decades of antagonism between the countries and helping make 2024 a banner year for tourism.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Feb. 2025
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President Trump seems safe in his antagonism toward his American opposition.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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The stakes for Thursday's game were raised amid physical hostility between the teams throughout the tournament and geopolitical tension between the two countries in recent weeks.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Police said Mangione was in possession of a firearm matching the one used in the shooting, a fake ID and a notebook expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.—
Katherine Fung,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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But a bad result from Saturday’s trip to Everton, resurgent under David Moyes, could mean acceptance morphs into animosity.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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While there’s no animosity, there is also no rapport.—
Jeanne Phillips,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Flanked by cardboard cutouts of the 37th U.S. President bowling, the brothers discuss much more than their hatred of the man, including dropping out of law school, pro sports, and credit cards.—
Will DiGravio,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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Our region has enough violence, hatred and incitement without more being added from the outside.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks The Forgotten Writers Who Influenced Jane Austen Many Ukrainians have cheered Mr. Zelensky for standing up to Mr. Trump, even if the personal enmity has become an impediment.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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For consumers with food allergies, even a small misstep in ingredient labeling can pose a severe health risk.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In Sacramento at the hearing, mostly low-income Black and Latino activists shared their stories of high asthma rates, headaches, eye and skin allergies, nose bleed and breathing problems.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.—
F.D. Flam,
The Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2024
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During Donald Trump's first four years in office, Kennedy Center officials were forced to walk a public tightrope between the tradition of the president attending the ceremony and the open antipathy toward Trump from multiple honorees.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2024
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Wray still had three years left in his 10-year term, but resigned after the President signaled his intent to fire him, likely due to his dislike of the FBI’s investigation into whether there was a plan to overturn the 2020 election.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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His semi-acknowledged dislike of the Canadian rapper, who ruled the twenty-tens, erupted in exquisite fashion; Lamar’s denigrations not only of the man but of what the man represents catapulted him to the stratosphere.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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