misanthrope

From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/, /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹəʊp/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/, /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹoʊp/

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• Rhymes: -əʊp

misanthrope (plural misanthropes)

1. One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Jonathan Swift:

     Alas, poor Dean! his only scope
     Was to be held a misanthrope.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 50:

     I cannot love evergreens—they are the misanthropes of nature. To them the spring brings no promise, the autumn no decline; they are cut off from the sweetest of all ties with their kind—sympathy.

2. Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.

• misanthropist

• philanthrope

• misanthropy (hatred of humans)
• misanthropic
• misandry (hatred of males)
• misogyny (hatred of females)
• misopedia (hatred of children)
• philanthropy (love of humans)
• philanthropic
• philanthropist
• philandry (love of males)
• philogyny (love of females)
• philopedia (love of children)
• Timonist (bitter misanthrope)
• xenophobe (fearer—less commonly, hater—of foreigners)

From Ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μισέω (miséō, “to hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”).

• IPA^(key): /mi.zɑ̃.tʁɔp/

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misanthrope m or f by sense (plural misanthropes)

1. misanthrope, misanthropist

• misogyne
• misandre

• “misanthrope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.