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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude; in morbid psychol., a species of melancholy marked by a dislike of society.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

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  • noun An aversion to human company; love of solitude.

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  • An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude

    June 8, 2008

  • JM went along to the Apanthropy Association's annual party just so he could get a bit of peace and quiet.

    December 28, 2010

  • JM enjoys missing the Apanthropy Society meetings.

    April 25, 2011