misanthrope

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/, /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹəʊp/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/, /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹoʊp/

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• Rhymes: -əʊp

Noun

misanthrope (plural misanthropes)

1. One who has a negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Jonathan Swift:

     Alas, poor Dean! his only scope
     Was to be held a misanthrope.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 50:

     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.

Synonyms

• misanthropist

Antonyms

• philanthrope

Translations

one who has a negative view of the entire human race

• Armenian: մարդատյաց (hy) (mardatyacʻ)
• Basque: misantropo
• Belarusian: чалавеканенаві́снік m (čalavjekanjenavísnik), чалавеканенаві́сніца f (čalavjekanjenavísnica), мізантро́п m (mizantróp), мізантро́пка f (mizantrópka)
• Bulgarian: човекомра́зец (bg) m (čovekomrázec), мизантро́п (bg) m (mizantróp), мизантро́пка f (mizantrópka), човеконенави́стник m (čovekonenavístnik), човеконенави́стница f (čovekonenavístnica)
• Catalan: misantrop (ca)
• Czech: mizantrop (cs) m, mizantropka f
• Danish: misantrop (da) c
• Dutch: misantroop (nl) m, mensenhater (nl) m
• Esperanto: mizantropo (eo)
• Finnish: ihmisvihaaja, misantrooppi (fi)
• French: misanthrope (fr) m or f
• Georgian: კაცთმოძულე (ḳactmoʒule), მიზანთროპი (mizantroṗi)
• German: Misanthrop (de) m, Misanthropin (de) f, Menschenhasser (de) m, Menschenhasserin (de) f, Menschenfeind (de) m, Menschenfeindin (de) f
• Greek: μισάνθρωπος (el) m (misánthropos)

  Ancient: μισάνθρωπος m (misánthrōpos)

• Hungarian: mizantróp (hu), embergyűlölő (hu)
• Irish: míchaidreamhach m
• Italian: misantropo (it) m, misantropa (it) f
• Korean: 사람을 싫어하는 사람 (saram-eul sireohaneun saram)
• Latvian: mizantrops m
• Macedonian: човекомразец m (čovekomrazec)
• Plautdietsch: Menschenfient m
• Polish: mizantrop (pl) m, mizantropka (pl) f
• Portuguese: misantropo (pt) m
• Romanian: mizantrop (ro) m, mizantropă (ro) f
• Russian: человеконенави́стник (ru) m (čelovekonenavístnik), человеконенави́стница (ru) f (čelovekonenavístnica), мизантро́п (ru) m (mizantróp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: човекомр́зац m, човјекомр́зац m, миза̀нтроп m

  Roman: čovekomŕzac m, čovjekomŕzac (sh) m, mizàntrop (sh) m

• Slovak: mizantrop m, mizantropka f
• Slovene: ljudomrznež (sl) m, ljudomrznica f
• Spanish: misántropo (es) m, misántropa (es) f
• Swedish: misantrop (sv) c
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} merdümgiriz (tr)
• Ukrainian: людиноненави́сник m (ljudynonenavýsnyk), людиноненави́сниця f (ljudynonenavýsnycja), мізантро́п m (mizantróp), мізантро́пка f (mizantrópka), людонена́висник m (ljudonenávysnyk), людонена́висниця f (ljudonenávysnycja) (nonstandard, rare), чоловіконена́видник m (čolovikonenávydnyk), чоловіконена́видниця f (čolovikonenávydnycja) (nonstandard, rare)

See also

• misanthropy (hatred of humans)
• misanthropic
• misandry (hatred of males)
• misogyny (hatred of females)
• misopedia (hatred of children)
• philanthropy (love of humans)
• philanthropic
• philanthropist
• philandry (love of males)
• philogyny (love of females)
• philopedia (love of children)
• Timonist (bitter misanthrope)
• xenophobe (fearer—less commonly, hater—of foreigners)

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μισέω (miséō, “to hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zɑ̃.tʁɔp/

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Noun

misanthrope m or f by sense (plural misanthropes)

1. misanthrope, misanthropist

Related terms

• misanthropie
• misanthropique

 

See also

• misogyne
• misandre

Further reading

• “misanthrope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.