Apanthropinisation (noun)(rare)
ap-an-throe-pin-iz-aish-un
The resignation of human concerns; complete withdrawal from the world and its associated problems.
The broadening of the ambit of one’s preoccupations and concerns away from a narrow focus on those things most palpably human and most closely pertinent to humanity; First used in 1880 by Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen a Canadian science writer and novelist, this word returned to the OED in 1989.
Example sentences
“Apanthropinisation is looking more and more attractive in the current climate.”
“He was a proponent of apanthropinisation and removed himself from society, living the rest of his life as a hermit.”
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