Misanthropy vs Timonist - What's the difference?
misanthropy | timonist |
Hatred or dislike of people or mankind.
* 1817, , Author's Preface
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, title= A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
* 1590 , , Greene's Mourning Garment :See OED.
* 1602 , , (Satiromastix) :
* 1988 , Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism":Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism: A Series of Cartoons on a Philosophical Theme", January 1988,
Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
* 1988 , Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions'':Maurice Charney, ''Hamlet's fictions , Routledge, 1988, ISBN 0415007038, p.
English eponyms
As nouns the difference between misanthropy and timonist
is that misanthropy is hatred or dislike of people or mankind while timonist is a sort of bitter misanthrope related to timonism, like (timon of athens).As an adjective timonist is
of a form of bitter misanthropy related to timonism, like (timon of athens).misanthropy
English
(wikipedia misanthropy)Noun
- Hence gloom and misanthropy have become the characteristics of the age in which we live, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own despair.
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy , these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
Synonyms
* Timonism (bitter misanthropy)Antonyms
* (dislike of people) altruism, philanthropyHyponyms
* misandry * misogynyDerived terms
* misanthrope * misanthropic * misanthropisttimonist
English
Noun
(en noun)- Yet was he not [...] such a Timonist , but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends.'' ''[sic]
- I did it to retyre me from the world; And turne my Muse into a Timonist.'' ''[sic]
page at official site; repr. in The Best Comics of the Decade 1980-1990 Vol. 1 , Seattle: (Fantagraphics Books), 1990, ISBN 1-56097-035-9, p. 23.
- ''Cynicism'' is often contrasted with ''"Timonism"'' (cf. Shakespeare's ''Timon of Athens''). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonist s felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.
Adjective
(en adjective)154at Google Books.
- Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.
Synonyms
* Timonean * TimonianReferences
* OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the(reproduced in a post)* SEG, "Timonist" in Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (supplement to James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps), A supplementary English glossary , 1881 (
full text at Archive.org] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=6YkMAQAAIAAJ&q=timonist p. 656 at Google Books) * WN,
"Timonist"in Wordnik * Notes: