Today's word

APANTHROPINIZATION (noun)

Definition: Withdrawal from human concerns or the world's problems

Origin: Coined by C. Grant B. Allen in 1880 in volume 5 of the quarterly-review journal Mind -Ap (from Ancient Greek ἀπ- (ap-, “off, away”)) + anthropin(ism) (“human-focused consideration”) + -isation, noun suffix denoting the action of the suffixed verb

Usage: -1880, Oct.: Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen and George Croom Robertson of the Mind Association, Mind, volume 5 (No 20)

- Due to being not able to put up with the cacophonous swirl of modern life, Robert decided to live a life of apanthropinization on the farm, rather than living in a hustling city.