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misanthropy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪˈsæn.θɹə.pi/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- + -anthropy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A negative view or hatred of the human race.
   • According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle. 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
   • 1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface Hence gloom and misanthropy have become the characteristics of the age in which we live, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own despair.

Forms

Deriveds

misanthropist · misanthrope · misanthropize · misanthropic

Hyponyms

misandry · misopedia · disanthropy · misogyny

Relateds

anthropophobia

Synonyms

Timonism

Translations (70)

lv mizantropija (negative view of people or mankind) · el μισανθρωπία (negative view of people or mankind) · fr misanthropie (negative view of people or mankind) · io mizantropeso (negative view of people or mankind) · fi ihmisviha (negative view of people or mankind) · mk човекомра́зие (negative view of people or mankind) · de Menschenfeindlichkeit (negative view of people or mankind) · he מִיזַנְתְּרוֹפְּיָה (negative view of people or mankind) · sk mizantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · gl misantropía (negative view of people or mankind) · he שִׂנְאַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת (negative view of people or mankind) · be чалавеканенаві́сніцтва (negative view of people or mankind) · et misantroopia (negative view of people or mankind) · he שִׂנְאַת אָדָם (negative view of people or mankind) · ro mizantropie (negative view of people or mankind) · hy միզանտրոպիա (negative view of people or mankind) · yi מיזאַנטראָפּיע (negative view of people or mankind) · la misanthropia (negative view of people or mankind) · bg човекомра́зие (negative view of people or mankind) · be мізантро́пія (negative view of people or mankind) · pt misantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · tr mizantropi (negative view of people or mankind) · sh mizantròpija (negative view of people or mankind) · fa مردمستیزی (negative view of people or mankind) · nl mensenhaat (negative view of people or mankind) · fi misantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · haw hoʻokae kanaka (negative view of people or mankind) · lt mizantropija (negative view of people or mankind) · sv misantropi (negative view of people or mankind) · sq mizantropi (negative view of people or mankind) · es misantropía (negative view of people or mankind) · uz odamsevmaslik (negative view of people or mankind) · ka მიზანთროპია (negative view of people or mankind) · it misantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · uk людиноненави́сництво (negative view of people or mankind) · nl misantropie (negative view of people or mankind) · ca misantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · xmf მიზანთროპი (negative view of people or mankind) · sh човјекомр́ство (negative view of people or mankind) · bg човеконена́вистничество (negative view of people or mankind) · ga míchaidreamhacht (negative view of people or mankind) · ka კაცთმოძულეობა (negative view of people or mankind) · eu misantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · mk мизантро́пија (negative view of people or mankind) · oc misantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · sgs mėzantruopėjė (negative view of people or mankind) · pl mizantropia (negative view of people or mankind) · ar بُغْض الْبَشَرِيَّة (negative view of people or mankind) · sh мизантро̀пија (negative view of people or mankind) · nb misantropi (negative view of people or mankind) · hu embergyűlölet (negative view of people or mankind) · uk мізантро́пія (negative view of people or mankind) · ru мизантро́пия (negative view of people or mankind) · de Menschenhass (negative view of people or mankind) · ru человеконенави́стничество (negative view of people or mankind) · da misantropi (negative view of people or mankind) · cs misantropie (negative view of people or mankind) · sl mizantropíja (negative view of people or mankind) · eo mizantropio (negative view of people or mankind) · ast misantropía (negative view of people or mankind) · nn misantropi (negative view of people or mankind) · sh човекомр́ство (negative view of people or mankind) · grc μισανθρωπία (negative view of people or mankind) · bg мизантро́пия (negative view of people or mankind) · de Misanthropie (negative view of people or mankind) · ja 人間不信 (negative view of people or mankind) · sh čovekomŕstvo (negative view of people or mankind) · sl ljudomrzništvo (negative view of people or mankind) · hy մարդատյացություն (negative view of people or mankind) · sh čovjekomŕstvo (negative view of people or mankind)