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Loves humanity in theory, cannot stand a single actual human.

means Someone who distrusts or dislikes people in general, preferring solitude to society.

from From Greek 'misos' (hatred) plus 'anthropos' (human being) — literally 'hater of mankind.' The word entered wider use through Molière's 1666 play 'Le Misanthrope,' whose hero Alceste rails against social hypocrisy, cementing the term as a label for the principled people-avoider.

not a loner
many misanthropes are charming extroverts
root meaning
from Greek, literally hatred of mankind
famous case
Moliere wrote a whole play about one
common trigger
usually disappointment, not genetics
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