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Recent Examples of misanthropy
Returning was a heart-wrenching proposition—not least since Goggins’s on-screen persona of Rick—the twitchy, depressive boyfriend of the much younger Chelsea played by Aimee Lou Wood—shares a lot of the brooding misanthropy of his former broken self.
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Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of offering relief, lucidity sharpens his misanthropy.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
But there is more, much more, to McKellen’s rendering of Erskine than uproariously unfettered misanthropy.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Interview 'This is Not a Book That is Enthusiastic About Humanity': An Interview with Carrie Jenkins
Anthony Oliveira
Talking to the author of Victoria Sees It about books as mirrors, institutional violence in the academy, and misanthropy.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of offering relief, lucidity sharpens his misanthropy.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
But there is more, much more, to McKellen’s rendering of Erskine than uproariously unfettered misanthropy.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Interview 'This is Not a Book That is Enthusiastic About Humanity': An Interview with Carrie Jenkins
Anthony Oliveira
Talking to the author of Victoria Sees It about books as mirrors, institutional violence in the academy, and misanthropy.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthropy
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In a wide-ranging interview that spans his childhood dyslexia, career-long antagonism of Donald Trump and navigation of today’s contracting movie business, Lee is alternately funny and introspective, worried and grateful, but always unapologetically himself.—
Rebecca Keegan,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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What To Know The exchange was a striking moment of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a space typically reserved for formal diplomacy, especially among U.S. allies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Over the nearly 20 months since the hostilities began, Colin Clarke said there has been a radicalization effect in the U.S., particularly of the political left.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Opposition to the war became hostility toward our own military.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The monarch will be hoping to offer support to Canada in the face of Trump's comments, while simultaneously deflecting any animosity from Trump towards the U.K.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Fights break out in stands after San Diego’s dramatic 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy The animosity between rival MLS fans at the San Diego-LA Galaxy match Saturday led to wild postgame scenes of fighting that elicited a sizeable police response.—
Theo Lloyd-Hughes,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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No more tolerance of hatred, no more mercy for criminals.—
Sarah Beth Hensley,
ABC News,
28 May 2025
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Antisemitism, hatred and terrorism must be stopped, lest our civilization fall into the abyss.—
Diane Gensler,
Baltimore Sun,
26 May 2025
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Despite the public enmity between the two, Newsom reached out to the White House in hopes of working together on the creation of a $7.5-billion federal tax incentive to keep more productions in the U.S. Hollywood insiders have wanted a federal tax incentive program all along.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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The stakes of the negotiations couldn't be higher for the two nations closing in on half a century of enmity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2025
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Parents find hope and faith after teen daughter dies from peanut allergy Janean and David Glass share how a tragedy led to their daughter's life-saving organ donation Two common allergy medications could cause a severe reaction in some people who stop using it.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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The patients did not have any itching symptoms prior to taking the allergy medications.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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Spice is added to the battle between the two clubs from the antipathy between Brighton’s owner-chairman Tony Bloom and his Brentford counterpart, Matthew Benham.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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The data suggest the public, including majorities of Republicans, do not embrace the antipathy the president has expressed towards those trading partners.—
Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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Both players have played down the rivalry, but their fan bases are often vociferous in their dislike of the opposing player.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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On TikTok, users have recently begun lining up their dislikes and branding them with an eye-catching term: propaganda.—
Nicole Stock,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Misanthropy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthropy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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