misanthrope
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/, /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹəʊp/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/, /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹoʊp/
- Rhymes: -əʊp
Noun
misanthrope (plural misanthropes)
- One who hates all mankind; one who hates the 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], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, 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.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, "On the Death of Jonathan Swift":
Synonyms
- misanthropist
Antonyms
- philanthrope
Translations
one who hates all mankind
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See also
- 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)
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.zɑ̃.tʁɔp/
Audio (France, Muntzenheim) (file) Audio (France, Vosges) (file)
Noun
misanthrope m or f by sense (plural misanthropes)
- misanthrope, misanthropist
Related terms
- misanthropie
- misanthropique
See also
- misogyne
- misandre
Further reading
- “misanthrope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.