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aphilanthropy

aphilanthropy noun: abscence of love for humankind; loathing of people.

Noun

aphilanthropy (uncountable)

  1. Abscence of love for humankind; loathing of people.
    • His tetricity, carency of bonity, and of xenodochy, and his aphilanthropy fayed not his accolentsMay 6 1843, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, letter to Squire Pedant

Origin of aphilanthropy

From a- + philanthropy.

Questions about aphilanthropy

What does aphilanthropy mean?
Aphilanthropy means abscence of love for humankind; loathing of people.
What part of speech is aphilanthropy?
Aphilanthropy is a noun.

Words near aphilanthropy in the dictionary

  1. aphidophagous
  2. aphidophagy
  3. aphidozer
  4. aphidozers
  5. aphids
  6. aphilanthropy
  7. aphilosophical
  8. aphis
  9. aphlebia
  10. aphlebiae
  11. aphlebial

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