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Webster 1913 Edition


Aphilanthropy

Aphˊi-lan′thro-py

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] not loving man;
priv. + [GREEK] to love + [GREEK] man.]
Want of love to mankind; – the opposite of philanthropy.
Coxe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aphilanthropy

APHILAN'THROPY

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Noun.
[of a neg. and to love, and man.]
Want of love to mankind. In medicine, the first stage of melancholy, when solitude is preferred to society.

Definition 2024


aphilanthropy

aphilanthropy

English

Noun

aphilanthropy (uncountable)

  1. Lack of love for humankind.
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