believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
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hating mankind in general
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Misanthropic \Mis`an*throp"ic\, Misanthropical \Mis`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. misanthropique.] Hating or disliking mankind.
But in the viewing it seems less like an advance, more like a walk off a tall cliff into a chasm of glib misanthropic and misogynistic generalities.
Mr. Suskind's misanthropic message isn't the newest of ideas, but his ingenuity packs it with fresh power.
Yet another - with its blinding vision of a misanthropic angel - recalls Dostoyevsky's surrealism.
Which of London's many dozens of other museums offers the hope of first-rate entertainment for the mildly misanthropic? The first choice is absurdly obvious.
Furthermore, Ben Kingsley is depressingly convincing as the misanthropic Marner, a weaver who lives only to count his gold.
People who know Johannes Schaaf's views of Mozart only from those four sourly misanthropic Covent Garden productions would find this show the most gratifying of surprises.