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