Yet was he not … such a Timonist, but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends. [sic]
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Timonist
//ˈtaɪmənɪst//
Synonyms for "timonist" (4 found)
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French
4 entries- Timoniste adj (Of a form of bitter misanthropy)
- timoniste adj (Of a form of bitter misanthropy)
- Timoniste noun (sort of bitter misanthrope)
- timoniste noun (sort of bitter misanthrope)
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I did it to retyre me from the vvorld; / And turne my Muſe into a Timoniſt, […]
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Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.
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Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.
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