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 Translation for 'misanthropy' from English to Russian
NOUN   misanthropy | -
мизантропия {ж} [книжн.]misanthropy
человеконенавистничество {с}misanthropy
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Usage Examples English
  • The novel was a topical work of Gothic fiction in which the author satirised tendencies in contemporary English literature, in particular Romanticism's obsession with morbid subjects, misanthropy and transcendental philosophical systems.
  • Menzies' lyrics reveal a fascination with forests, darkness, night, misanthropy and death.
  • Scrooge's last name has entered the English language as a byword for greed and misanthropy, while his catchphrase, "Bah!
  • The death of his only and much-idolized daughter confirmed Joseph in his growing misanthropy, and finished the job of making him a compulsive worker.
  • Ch. 5 Epistolary eloquence: Tyrrel replies to the invitations and is the subject of wild speculation about misanthropy. When he arrives he is found unexpectedly sociable.

  • Malik has long campaigned for equal rights, freedom of expression, and a secular society, and in defence of rationalism and humanism in the face of what he has called "a growing culture of irrationalism, mysticism and misanthropy".
  • Written in the summer of 1948 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the story marks a shift away from Salinger's literary misanthropy, which had largely been informed by his horrific combat experiences in Europe during World War II, and toward a “reaffirmation” of human interdependence and spiritual reawakening.
  • Themes include misanthropy, introversion, teen violence, suicide, fatalism, and existentialism.
  • Nuclear holocaust and misanthropy are commonly explored themes.
  • Lyrical themes vary from misanthropy, angst, hatred, and failed romantic love.

  • Various types of misanthropy are distinguished in the academic literature.
  • The passage announces the triumph of "preternatural innocence" over the forces of misanthropy.
  • A self-described humanist, Desrochers says he actively promotes the use of the scientific method and contests the "alarmism" and misanthropy in current environmentalist discourse.
  • He was an unpopular and controversial figure with a reputation for corruption and misanthropy.
  • Herman Melville references Timon repeatedly in his novel "The Confidence-Man" (1857), when referring to confidence as a preferable trait in all circumstances to misanthropy.

  • Kathryn Schulz has accused Thoreau of hypocrisy, misanthropy and being sanctimonious based on his writings in "Walden", although this criticism has been perceived as highly selective.
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