Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hatred or mistrust of humankind.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Hatred or dislike of mankind; the habit of distrusting or of taking the worst possible view of human character or motives.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to
philanthropy .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people
- n. hatred of mankind
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος (misanthrōpos), from μισέω (miseō, "I hate") + ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "human"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Having been often ill-served on screen, Thompson's literary misanthropy is distilled in this tale of a psychopath who batters and kills those who love him with utter detachment; no wonder Stanley Kubrick called the book the most believable first-person depiction of the psychopathic mind.”
“I know misanthropy is common, but there’s no reason to just take it all out on smokers. too many steves Says:”
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“From White Man Can’t Jump to Natural Born Killers to The People vs. Larry Flynt, it’s all been a merry wallow in misanthropy, whether of the self-centered or sociopathic variety.”
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“This is where love for animals shades off into slight misanthropy, which is also a highly developed English trait.”
“This might, on the lips of a cynic, serve for a formula of that kind of misanthropy which is not more unamiable than it is unscientific.”
“It saps their noble ambition, assails their health, lowers their estimate of men and their reverence for women, cherishes an eager and aimless rivalry, weakens true feeling, wipes away the bloom of true modesty, and induces an ennui, a satiety, and a kind of dilettante misanthropy, which is only the more monstrous because it is undoubtedly real.”
“I personally don't want to support or promote a band that espouses intolerant beliefs (beyond a straightforward, fuck-humanity form of misanthropy, which is an equal-opportunity intolerance).”
“He is aware that his misanthropy is a problem, so he keeps himself to himself as much as possible.”
“Nor do I find in them the "misanthropy" which he defines at some length.”
“Although, from a kind of misanthropy, he wore clothes quite rusty, there was in his whole appearance that which commanded respect.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘misanthropy’.
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Muse's tacet ,to learn
Music brings silence's to raging thoughts and temperament , calm, as it is our object of definite purpose.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
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Quacksalvers et al. Nostrum
Bring forth the cathartic illumination on malignant,maniacal,medical,menage a trios and more egotists stymie
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Philosophic , etymology
every major discipline has uniquely developed esoteric nomenclature to facilitate interdisciplinary dissemination
quale , qualia, elegy, tacet, lexicon, annunciate, caste, eros, contrive, purlicue, irony, venacular, dilapidate and 567 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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And i thought my words were "bad"!
malevolent, machiavellian, duplicitous, deceitful, rancorous, spiteful, malignant, cunning, vindictive, tyrannical, imperious, despotic and 10 more...
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Holli
Cancer, Mercury, water, moon, dark, emotion, nostalgia, angst, brooding, isolation, shadow, corner and 145 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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addzo's list
Words that I am not worthy of.
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anotherfailedattempt's Words
kakistocracy, conflagration, pollyanna, equanimity, punctillious, obstreperous, ribald, belligerent, truculent, verbose, lachrymose, onanism and 278 more...
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Hitch Words
Words from the lexicon of Christopher Hitchens
propinquity, fratricide, factitious, vitiate, sectarianism, ostensible, atavistic, sephardic, doyen, palpable, encephalitic, fastidious and 188 more...
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Gotim
Aries, fire, chaos, destruction, Mars, aggression, bold, competetive, conflict, raw, black, red and 165 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for misanthropy.

missanthropist Or rawther, a singular feminine being bent upon arduous and awkward study of humankind? Jul 16, 2008
bilby You probably listed schadenfreude too, tankexmortis? Jul 16, 2008
tankexmortis Something about gross misanthropy has appealed to me since I was very small. Jan 17, 2007