Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- adjective Characterized by a hatred or mistrustful scorn for humankind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a misanthrope; characteristic of a misanthrope or of misanthropy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hating or disliking mankind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Hating or disliking
mankind .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
- adjective hating mankind in general
Etymologies
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Examples
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In response, he denied being "misanthropic" - that is, anti-human-insisting that his proposals were a "vote for humanity."
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(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.
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(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).
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(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).
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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.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Don Imus Discusses Campaign 2000 - February 24, 2000 2000
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When I say "misanthropic," by the way, I'm neither being judgmental nor breaking any news.
News & Politics 2010
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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.
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This misanthropic insolence has a glorious tradition in France.
Monster of Marriage 2010
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TA: Your work has been noted, perhaps unfairly, for its misanthropic view of the world.
jaradgiese commented on the word misanthropic
The perfect word to describe me!
December 28, 2006
nuxiy commented on the word misanthropic
Disbelief in the selflessness of others?
March 29, 2009