misanthrope
noun/ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/UK/ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/US
Etymology
From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.
Definitions
One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
- Alas, poor Dean! his only scope Was to be held a misanthrope.
- 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.
Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.
The neighborhood
- synonymmisanthropist
- antonymphilanthrope
- neighbormisanthropy
- neighbormisanthropic
- neighbormisandry
- neighbormisogyny
- neighbormisopedia
- neighborphilanthropy
- neighborphilanthropic
- neighborphilanthropist
- neighborphilandry
- neighborphilogyny
- neighborphilopedia
- neighborTimonist
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA