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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mis-uh n-throhp, miz-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs ənˌθroʊp, ˈmɪz-


Definition of misanthropist

Origin :
  • "one who hates mankind," 1560s, from Greek misanthropos "hating mankind," from misein "to hate" (see miso-) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-). Alternative form misanthropist is attested from 1650s.
  • noun cynic
Example sentences :
  • It was evident, that, had he not been a courtier, he would have been a misanthropist.
  • Extract from : « Manners, Vol 1 of 3 » by Frances Brooke
  • Most people hate the misanthropist even if they are forced to admire his power.
  • Extract from : « Swift » by Leslie Stephen
  • As one may glean from her verbal tilt with Sandeau, she was not a recluse or a misanthropist.
  • Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • I don't believe you're half the misanthropist you make yourself out.
  • Extract from : « Poor Relations » by Compton Mackenzie
  • I fear he will finally become a misanthropist, but I am not very sure.
  • Extract from : « Over Here » by Hector MacQuarrie
  • She had just been staying in the house of the misanthropist.
  • Extract from : « George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings » by Rene Doumic
  • Though not a misanthropist, he appears in general to have preferred solitary communion with nature to human society.
  • Extract from : « A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature » by John W. Cousin
  • The misanthropist Alceste is nobly fanatical on behalf of sincerity and rectitude.
  • Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden
  • Nature, together with the character of his time, made the great Dean a misanthropist.
  • Extract from : « A History of English Prose Fiction » by Bayard Tuckerman
  • He was no misanthropist, rather a philanthropist in the true sense of the word.
  • Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky

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