Timonize vs Timonist - What's the difference?
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To behave as a misanthrope.
* 1713 , , The Gentleman Instructed , 5th edition:See OED.
To cause (someone) to slide into bitter misanthropy, into Timonism.
* 1852 , , Harper & Brothers,
* 1983 , Michael L. Ross, "
English eponyms
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
Timonist is a related term of timonize.
As a verb Timonize
is to behave as a misanthrope.As a noun 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.timonize
English
Alternative forms
* TimoniseVerb
(Timoniz)- I should be tempted to Timonize , and clap a Satyr upon our whole Species.
page 348:
- And it may well be believed, that after the wonderful vital world-revelation so suddenly made to Pierre at the Meadows—a revelation which, at moments, in some certain things, fairly Timonized him—he had not failed to clutch with peculiar nervous detestation and contempt that ample parcel, containing the letters of his Biographico and other silly correspondents, which, in a less ferocious hour, he had filed away as curiosities.
Lawrence's letters", in Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies , volume 3, number 1 (Summer 1983), page 58:
- Lawrence's progressive alienation from his countrymen and finally from humanity – as it were, the "Timonizing " process that overcame him – went hand in hand with his estrangement from Russell.
Derived terms
* Timonization * TimonizingReferences
* OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the(reproduced in a post)* SEG, "Timonize" 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=timonize p. 656 at Google Books) * Notes:
timonist
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: