misanthropy
Despising all people
Misanthropy is a general dislike or distrust of humankind.
Where cynicism doubts human motives, misanthropy goes further—finding the species itself contemptible or unworthy of affection.
A misanthrope may withdraw from society or simply regard human contact with weary disdain: Years of retail work had curdled her into misanthropy.
Scornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
sarcasm · sardonic · acerbity · curmudgeon · satirist · world-weariness · bitterness · sneering
German pessimist philosopher
- NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- absurdismPhilosophy embracing existence's irrationality
pessimism · Diogenes · Rousseau · Hobbes · cynicism · stoicism · philosophical · Ecclesiastes
State without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
gloom · defeatism · negativity · darkness · melancholy · dismal · desolation · dread
One choosing isolation
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- isolationComplete separation from others
loner · withdrawal · antisocial · avoidance · unsociable · hermitage · retreat · detachment
Ingrained, intense aversion
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
animosity · antagonism · repulsion · disgust · revulsion · abhorrence · ill-will · malevolence
Sense of unease about motives
- warinessCautious distrust
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
guardedness · paranoia · cynical · leery · distrustful · faithlessness · disbelief · incredulity
disdain
Scornful disregard
mockery · sarcasm · sardonic · acerbity · curmudgeon · satirist · world-weariness · bitterness · sneering · jaundiced
Schopenhauer
German pessimist philosopher
- NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
absurdism · pessimism · Diogenes · Rousseau · Hobbes · cynicism · stoicism · philosophical · Ecclesiastes · vanity
hopelessness
State without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
bleakness · gloom · defeatism · negativity · darkness · melancholy · dismal · desolation · dread · foreboding
recluse
One choosing isolation
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
isolation · loner · withdrawal · antisocial · avoidance · unsociable · hermitage · retreat · detachment · aloofness
antipathy
Ingrained, intense aversion
resentment · animosity · antagonism · repulsion · disgust · revulsion · abhorrence · ill-will · malevolence · churlishness
suspicion
Sense of unease about motives
- warinessCautious distrust
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
misgivings · guardedness · paranoia · cynical · leery · distrustful · faithlessness · disbelief · incredulity · apprehension
- crueltycruelty, brutality, inhumanity, viciousness, ruthlessness
- pessimismpessimism, nihilism, fatalism, hopelessness, despair
- Norwegian MusicGrieg, Edvard Grieg, Aurora, TNT, Arcturus
- Fringe ideologiesanarchism, extremism, radicalism, fascism, neo-Nazism
misanthropyphilanthropy
Generous giving for others
humanitarianism · benevolence · altruism · compassion · humaneness
misanthropysociability
Tendency toward friendly interaction
gregariousness · conviviality · friendliness · extroversion · people person
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