"Timonism" meaning in All languages combined

See Timonism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtaɪmənɪzəm/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Timonisms [plural]
enPR: tīʹmənĭzəm [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Timon + -ism, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used in the Westminster Review (maybe after the earlier "Timonist") in an 1840 review. (Coining erroneously attributed to Herman Melville, who popularized it later in 1852.) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Timon|ism}} Timon + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Timonism (countable and uncountable, plural Timonisms)
  1. A form of bitter misanthropy, a despair leading to hatred or contemptuous rejection of mankind, like Timon of Athens. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Form of bitter misanthropy): timonisme (note: regular) [masculine] (French), Timonisme [rare] (French)
    Sense id: en-Timonism-en-noun-X59lmphN Disambiguation of 'Form of bitter misanthropy': 89 11
  2. A bitter or cynical utterance or behavior, in the manner of Timon of Athens. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Bitter or cynical utterance): timonisme (note: regular) [masculine] (French), Timonisme [rare] (French)
    Sense id: en-Timonism-en-noun-ZBYpmF0z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'Bitter or cynical utterance': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: misanthropy Derived forms: Timonist Related terms: Timonean, Timonian, Timonize, Simonism

Inflected forms

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