misanthropic

WOTD - 15 March 2010    

English

Etymology

From misanthrope +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌmɪ.sənˈθɹɒ.pɪk/, /ˌmɪ.zənˈθɹɒ.pɪk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌmɪs.ənˈθɹɑp.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

misanthropic (comparative more misanthropic, superlative most misanthropic)

1. Hating or disliking mankind.

Antonyms

• (hating mankind): philanthropic

Derived terms

• misanthropical
• misanthropically

Related terms

• misanthrope
• misanthropist
• misanthropy

Translations

hating or disliking mankind

Armenian: մարդատյաց (hy) (mardatyac’) Catalan: misantròpic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 厭惡人類的, 厌恶人类的 (yànwù rénlèi de) Danish: misantropisk (da), menneskefjendsk (da) Esperanto: homomalama (eo) Finnish: misantrooppinen (fi) French: misanthropique (fr)

Hungarian: mizantrópikus (hu), embergyűlölő (hu), mizantróp (hu) Italian: misantropico  (it) Norwegian: misantropisk (no) Polish: mizantropijny (pl) Russian: мизантропический (ru), человеконенавистнический (ru) Serbo-Croatian: mizantropski (sh) Spanish: misantrópico  (es)

See also

• altruism
• misandry
• misogyny
• Timonian