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Money, and a heaping serving of misanthropy.
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026
Fourteen-year-old Morty is an anxious kid whose attempts to lay low and survive puberty are frequently upended by the erratic experiments of his grandfather Rick, an eccentric scientist whose drunken misanthropy and hijinks find the two embarking on travels across time and space.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
And doomscrolling is related to higher levels of existential anxiety and misanthropy.
—Jt Torres, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
For now, the contrast between Martin and his patients has a productive friction that gives Charles plenty of grouchy misanthropy to work with.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026
Fourteen-year-old Morty is an anxious kid whose attempts to lay low and survive puberty are frequently upended by the erratic experiments of his grandfather Rick, an eccentric scientist whose drunken misanthropy and hijinks find the two embarking on travels across time and space.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
And doomscrolling is related to higher levels of existential anxiety and misanthropy.
—Jt Torres, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
For now, the contrast between Martin and his patients has a productive friction that gives Charles plenty of grouchy misanthropy to work with.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Misanthropy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthropy. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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misanthropy
noun
mis·an·thro·py
mis-ˈan(t)-thrə-pē 
: a dislike or hatred of all human beings
misanthropic
adjective
ˌmis-ᵊn-ˈthräp-ik
misanthropically
adverb
-ˈthräp-i-k(ə-)lē
Medical Definition
misanthropy
noun
mis·an·thro·py
mis-ˈan(t)-thrə-pē
plural misanthropies
: a hatred or distrust of humankind
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