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misanthropy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun misanthropy has 2 senses
- misanthropy(n = noun.feeling) Array - hatred of mankind; Array is a kind of hate, hatred
- misanthropy(n = noun.attribute) Array - a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people; Array is a kind of unfriendliness
Derived forms adjective misanthropic2, adjective misanthropical2, noun misanthropist1
Derived forms adjective misanthropic1, adjective misanthropical1, noun misanthropist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
misanthropy, n. [Gr. : cf. F. misanthropie.].
Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy . Orrery. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
misanthropy
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, anti-Semitism, antipathy, aversion, bigotry, despitefulness, detestation, dislike, execration, hate, hatred, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignity, misandry, misogyny, odium, race hatred, racism, repugnance, spite, spitefulness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobiaROGET THESAURUS
misanthropy
Hate
N hate, hatred, vials of hate, disaffection, disfavor, alienation, estrangement, coolness, enmity, animosity, umbrage, pique, grudge, dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling, ill blood, bad blood, acrimony, malice, implacability, repugnance, misanthropy, demonophobia, gynephobia, negrophobia, odium, unpopularity, detestation, antipathy, object of hatred, object of execration, abomination, aversion, b=ete noire, enemy, bitter pill, source of annoyance, hating, abhorrent, averse from, set against, bitter, implacable, unloved, unbeloved, unlamented, undeplored, unmourned, uncared for, unendeared, un-valued, disliked, crossed in love, forsaken, rejected, lovelorn, jilted, obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking, disgusting, reprehensible, invidious, spiteful, malicious, insulting, irritating, provoking, at daggers drawn, not on speaking terms, at loggerheads, no love lost between.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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