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philanthropy (Greek philein, to love), a desire to promote the welfare of others; misanthropy(Greek miso-, hating), a dislike of humankind; and

lycanthropy (Greek lukos, wolf), the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf, as recounted in folk tales.

Names for the individuals involved are formed in

-anthropist (philanthropist), or sometimes -anthrope(misanthrope);

adjectives are formed in -anthropic(lycanthropic).

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