aphilanthropy

aphilanthropy ? Obs.

(æfɪˈlænθrəpɪ)

[f. Gr. ἀϕιλάνθρωπ-ος not loving men: see a- prefix 14 and philanthropy.]

1. ‘Want of love to mankind.’ J.

2. Med. A morbid state of melancholy in which solitude is preferred to society; anthropophobia.

Chambers Cycl. Supp., s.v.