philanthropist

English

Etymology

philanthropy +‎ -ist; compare French philanthrope.

Noun

philanthropist (plural philanthropists)

1. A person who loves humankind in general.
2. A very generous person or institution.

Antonyms

• misanthropist

Translations

person who loves mankind

• Afrikaans: filantroop (af)
• Catalan: filantrop (ca) m
• Czech: lidumil m
• Danish: filantrop (da) c
• Dutch: filantroop (nl) m
• Finnish: filantrooppi (fi)
• French: philanthrope (fr) m or f
• German: Philanthrop (de) m, Philanthropin (de) f, Menschenfreund (de) m, Menschenfreundin f
• Greek: φιλάνθρωπος (el) m (filánthropos)
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• Hungarian: filantróp (hu), emberbarát (hu)
• Polish: filantrop (pl) m, filantropka f
• Portuguese: filantropo (pt) m
• Russian: филантро́п (ru) m (filantróp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: filàntrop (sh) m, filàntropkinja (sh) f, čovjekoljúbac (sh) m

• Spanish: filántropo (es) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) menilöfan, (♂) menihilöfan, (♀) menijilöfan

very generous person

• Afrikaans: filantroop (af)
• Arabic: سَخِيّ m (saḵiyy)
• Catalan: filantrop (ca) m
• Czech: filantrop (cs) m
• Esperanto: filantropo (eo)
• French: philanthrope (fr) m or f
• Greek: φιλάνθρωπος (el) m (filánthropos)
• Hebrew: בעל צדקה m
• Hungarian: filantróp (hu), emberbarát (hu)
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• Ladino: sadikero
• Portuguese: filantropo (pt) m
• Russian: филантро́п (ru) m (filantróp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: filàntrop (sh) m, filàntropkinja (sh) f

• Spanish: filántropo (es) m
• Swedish: filantrop (sv) c
• Tamil: வள்ளல் (ta) (vaḷḷal)
• Yiddish: פֿילאַנטראָפּ m (filantrop), בעל־צדקה m (baltsdoke)

See also

• altruist
• altruism (strong like of human race)
• misanthropy (hatred of human race)
• misanthropic
• misanthropist
• misandry (hatred of males)
• misogyny (hatred of females)
• philanthropy
• philanthropic (loving human race)
• philandry (love of males)
• philogyny (love of females)