Phobanthropy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A morbid dread of humankind. uncountable

    "Surely I need not point out to you the egregious egoism, the utter selfishness of the anarchists. Why, their pretended philanthropy is really phobanthropy, that would be monstrous were it not so insane."

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"Surely I need not point out to you the egregious egoism, the utter selfishness of the anarchists. Why, their pretended philanthropy is really phobanthropy, that would be monstrous were it not so insane."

Etymology

From phobia + -anthropy.

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