Dictionary

misanthrope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹoʊp/ (US)
• /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹəʊp/ (UK)
• /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/ (UK)
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• /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
   • Alas, poor Dean! his only scope Was to be held a misanthrope. 1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Jonathan Swift:
   • 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. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 50:
2. Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.

Forms

Antonyms

philanthrope

Deriveds

womanthrope

Relateds

philogyny · misopedia · philandry · misanthropy · philanthropist · philopedia · philanthropy · misandry · Timonist · philanthropic · misogyny · misanthropic · xenophobe

Synonyms

misanthropist

Translations (69)

hu mizantróp (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · es misántropa (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · fi ihmisvihaaja (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · de Menschenfeindin (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sv misantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ro mizantropă (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · es misántropo (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sk mizantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · lv mizantrops (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · pl mizantropka (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · nl mensenhater (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · fi misantrooppi (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · hy մարդատյաց (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ka მიზანთროპი (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk людиноненави́сниця (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · eu misantropo (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ru человеконенави́стник (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · fr misanthrope (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ru человеконенави́стница (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · be чалавеканенаві́снік (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk людонена́висник (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ko 사람을 싫어하는 사람 (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · it misantropo (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · de Menschenhasser (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · be чалавеканенаві́сніца (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ca misantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · hu embergyűlölő (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · mk човекомразец (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · de Menschenfeind (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · el μισάνθρωπος (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sh čovekomŕzac (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · cs mizantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · cs mizantropka (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sh човјекомр́зац (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ka კაცთმოძულე (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · pl mizantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · bg мизантро́пка (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · da misantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sl ljudomrznica (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sh човекомр́зац (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ro mizantrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · pdt Menschenfient (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · eo mizantropo (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ru мизантро́п (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · bg човеконенави́стница (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · bg човекомра́зец (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · bg мизантро́п (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sk mizantropka (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · de Misanthrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · grc μισάνθρωπος (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk чоловіконена́видник (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · ga míchaidreamhach (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sh миза̀нтроп (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · bg човеконенави́стник (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk мізантро́пка (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · pt misantropo (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · de Menschenhasserin (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · be мізантро́п (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · de Misanthropin (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sh čovjekomŕzac (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sh mizàntrop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk чоловіконена́видниця (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · sl ljudomrznež (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk людиноненави́сник (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · be мізантро́пка (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk людонена́висниця (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · uk мізантро́п (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · nl misantroop (one who has a negative view of the entire human race) · it misantropa (one who has a negative view of the entire human race)