Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- adj. Characterized by a hatred or mistrustful scorn for humankind.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the character of a misanthrope; characteristic of a misanthrope or of misanthropy. Synonyms Cynical, Misanthropic, Pessimistic. Cynical expresses a perverse disposition to put an unfavorable interpretation upon conduct, or to exercise austerity under profession of a belief in the worthlessness of any offered form of enjoyment. Misanthropic expresses a hatred of mankind as a race. Pessimistic is primarily and generally a philosophical epithet, applying to those who hold that the tendency of things is only or on the whole toward evil. Byron's Childe Harold is “a jaded and misanthropic voluptuary”; such a person is apt to take a cynical view of others. in their motives, their virtues, their happiness, etc. It is disputed whether Swift's “Gulliver's Travels” is really misanthropic or only cynical.
Wiktionary
- adj. Hating or disliking mankind.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Hating or disliking mankind.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
- adj. hating mankind in general
Examples
“In response, he denied being "misanthropic" - that is, anti-human-insisting that his proposals were a "vote for humanity.”
“(Then again, we had a house rule against what we called the misanthropic didacts.”
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“He's been called misanthropic, but this play is driven by a savage compassion.”
“(defined as misanthropic, having little tolerance for small town hokiness, and an inability to suffer the cute crapple that falls out of Andie McDowell's precious hole).”
“GREENFIELD: So let's talk politics, because in the 10 years that I have involuntarily been associated with your show, you have moved steadily from a kind of misanthropic, local crump, who complained about the pasta not being on order in his local gourmet store to a obviously, incredibly powerful political figure.”
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“When I say "misanthropic," by the way, I'm neither being judgmental nor breaking any news.”
“Coda: Being the kind of misanthropic nay-sayer and late-riser that I am, I watched the apology from the couch with Otty and Lulu at 7.25 am CST, rather than going into any of the potential sorry breakfasts in town.”
“This misanthropic insolence has a glorious tradition in France.”
“TA: Your work has been noted, perhaps unfairly, for its misanthropic view of the world.”
“But his misanthropic conclusions are — umm — well confirmed by the events of the tale.”
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anthropo-, -anthropic
of humans
anthropology, anthropologist, anthropomorphic, misanthropic, philanthropic
nuxiy Disbelief in the selflessness of others? Mar 29, 2009
jaradgiese The perfect word to describe me! Dec 27, 2006