"disanthropy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈænθɹəpi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disanthropy.wav Forms: disanthropies [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *dwís From dis- (prefix meaning ‘against; not’) + -anthropy (suffix meaning ‘humanity’), modelled after misanthropy. The word was coined by the Canadian literary critic Greg Garrard in a 2012 article published in SubStance: see the quotation. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|dwís}} PIE word *dwís, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{affix|en|dis-|-anthropy|pos1=prefix meaning ‘against; not’|pos2=suffix meaning ‘humanity’}} dis- (prefix meaning ‘against; not’) + -anthropy (suffix meaning ‘humanity’), {{coinage|en|Greg Garrard|nat=the Canadian|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=literary critic|w=-}} coined by the Canadian literary critic Greg Garrard Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} disanthropy (usually uncountable, plural disanthropies)
  1. (literary criticism) A misanthropic desire for a world without human life, expressed in literature. Wikipedia link: SubStance Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Literature Hypernyms: misanthropy Derived forms: disanthropic Translations (misanthropic desire for a world without human life, expressed in literature): disantropia (Finnish)

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