misanthrope

(mĭs-ăn'thrə-pĭst, mĭz'-)
n.
One who hates or mistrusts humankind.

[French, from Greek mīsanthrōpos, hating mankind : mīso-, miso- + anthrōpos, man.]

(MIS-uhn-throp, MIZ-)
also misanthropist noun
One who hates or mistrusts humankind.

Etymology
French, from Greek misanthropos, hating mankind : miso-, + anthropos, man.

Usage
"Thomas Bernhard - dramatist, novelist, warped genius and misanthrope - despised his fellow Austrians with such ferocious thoroughness that, when he died of a heart attack in 1989, he left a will expressly forbidding the performance of any of his plays there." — Paul Taylor; Fear and Loathing; Independent (London, UK); Aug 20, 1997.

"I would not consider Emily Bronte a misanthrope, though there is hardly a character in Wuthering Heights that I would not cross a street to avoid, with the notable exceptions of Heathcliff and Catherine, to avoid whom I would not only cross a street, I would throw myself in front of a bus." — Garret Keizer; How the Devil Falls in Love; Harper's (New York); Aug 1, 2002.

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noun

A person who expects only the worst from people: cynic, misanthropist. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

n

Definition: person who hates others
Antonyms: humanitarian, philanthropist

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one who hates or distrusts mankind

IN BRIEF: A person who hates mankind.

That hermit was an avowed misanthrope.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - misantrop, menneskehader

Nederlands (Dutch)
misantroop, mensenhater

Français (French)
n. - misanthrope

Deutsch (German)
n. - Misanthrop, Menschenfeind

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μισάνθρωπος

Italiano (Italian)
misantropo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - misantropo (m)

Русский (Russian)
мизантроп

Español (Spanish)
n. - misántropo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - misantrop

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
厌恶人类的人, 不愿与人来往者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 厭惡人類的人, 不願與人來往者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인간을 싫어하는 사람, 세상을 비관적으로 보는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人間嫌いの人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كاره للبشر, ناقم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שונא אדם, אדם המתרחק מהחברה, מיזנתרופ‬

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