misanthrope

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek to hate + a man; compare French misanthrope and English miser.

Noun

misanthrope (plural misanthropes)

1. One who hates all mankind; one who hates the human race.

Translations

one who hates all mankind

• Basque: misantropo (eu)
• Catalan: misantrop (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厭惡人類者, 厌恶人类者 (yànwù rénlèi zhě)

• Esperanto: mizantropo (eo)
• Finnish: ihmisvihaaja (fi), misantrooppi (fi)
• French: misanthrope (fr)
• German: Misanthrop (de) m
• Hungarian: mizantróp (hu), embergyűlölő (hu)

• Irish: míchaidreamhach (ga) m
• Italian: misantropo (it) m
• Russian: человеконенави́стник (ru) (čelovekonenavístnik) m, мизантро́п (ru) (mizantróp) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: човекомрзац (sh) m, човјекомрзац (sh) m, мизантроп (sh) m

  Roman: čovekomrzac (sh) m, čovjekomrzac (sh) m, mizantrop (sh) m

• Spanish: misántropo (es) m
• Swedish: misantrop (sv) c

Synonyms

• misanthropist

See also

• misanthropy (hatred of humans)
• misanthropic
• misandry (hatred of males)
• misogyny (hatred of females)
• philanthropy (love of humans)
• philanthropic
• philanthropist
• Timonist (bitter misanthrope)
• xenophobe (hater of foreigners)