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phobanthropy

phobanthropy noun: a morbid dread of humankind.

Noun

phobanthropy (uncountable)

  1. A morbid dread of humankind.
    • Surely I need not point out to you the egregious egoism, the utter selfishness of the anarchists. Why, their pretended philanthropy is really phobanthropy, that would be monstrous were it not so insane.1899, Josephine Bontecou Steffens, Letitia Berkeley, A.M., page 200
    • After that I was afraid of Aino and Karl, I was more and more afraid as the days passed and as I fought up out of the mistiness and fever into strength and clarity of mind, convalescing. There was a return of my old phobanthropy. I had fled people, I had come to the wilderness in preference to any...1925, Leonard Cline, God Head, page 25

Examples of phobanthropy in a sentence

  • There was a return of my old phobanthropy.1925, Leonard Cline, God Head, page 25:
  • Very soon the cause of his phobanthropy becomes clear.1948, Folia psychiatrica, neurologica et neurochirurgica neerlandica:

Origin of phobanthropy

From phobia + -anthropy.

Questions about phobanthropy

What does phobanthropy mean?
Phobanthropy means a morbid dread of humankind.
How do you use phobanthropy in a sentence?
There was a return of my old phobanthropy.
What part of speech is phobanthropy?
Phobanthropy is a noun.

Words near phobanthropy in the dictionary

  1. Phnom Penh
  2. pho
  3. pho-men
  4. phobalysin
  5. phobalysins
  6. phobanthropy
  7. phobe
  8. phobes
  9. Phobetor
  10. phobia
  11. phobiac

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