Does anyone know a word that means “a lack of faith in humanity” or a “general mistrusts of humankind”?
It’s been driving my husband nuts and he can’t think of the word and neither can I.
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paranoid.
lol
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Misanthropy
Misanthropy
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Misanthropy
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Misanthropy?
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mis·an·thrope [mÃss’n thrï p]
(plural mis·an·thropes) or mis·an·thro·pist [mi sánthrÉpist] (plural mis·an·thro·pists)
noun
somebody who hates people: somebody who hates humanity, or who dislikes and distrusts other people and tends to avoid them
[Mid-16th century. < French < Greek misanthrÅpos < misein "to hate" + anthrÅpos "man"] Microsoft® Encarta® 2006. © 1993-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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I like “misanthropy” as well.
Dictionary.com defines as… “hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.”
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traitorous, disloyal, unfaithful, treacherous
choose any; LOL
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cynic
cynical
cynicism
pessimist
pessimistic
captious
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