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Misanthrope

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Noun

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mis=an=thrope

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Misanthrope has 1 sense

misanthrope(n = noun.person) misanthropist - someone who dislikes people in general; Array

is a kind of churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump

has particulars: misogynist, woman hater

Derived forms adjective misanthropical₂, adjective misanthropical₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Misanthrope, n. [Gr. misa`nqrwpos; misei^n to hate + 'a`nqrwpos a man; cf. F. misanthrope. Cf. Miser.].

A hater of mankind; a misanthropist. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Misanthrope, n. (also misanthropist)
1 a person who hates mankind.
2 a person who avoids human society.

Derivative

misanthropic adj. misanthropical adj. misanthropically adv. misanthropy n. misanthropize v.intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

F f. Gk misanthropos f. misos hatred + anthropos man

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THESAURUS

Misanthrope

Anglophobe, Russophobe, anchoret, anchorite, bigot, cynic, hater, hermit, lone wolf, loner, man-hater, misanthropist, misogynist, racist, recluse, sexist, woman-hater, xenophobe

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Misanthrope

Misanthropy

N misanthropy, incivism, egotism, moroseness, cynicism, misanthrope, misanthropist, egotist, cynic, man hater, Timon, Diogenes, woman hater, misogynist, misanthropic, antisocial, unpatriotic, egotistical, morose.

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