misanthropy
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misanthropy
- /mɪˈsæn.θɹə.pi/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- + -anthropy.
noun misanthropies
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A negative view or hatred of the human race.
1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface
Hence gloom and misanthropy have become the characteristics of the age in which we live, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own despair.
Similar: Timonism
Translations
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noun negative view of people or mankind
| Español | misantropía |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 人間不信 ningen fushin |
| Português | misantropia |
| Français | misanthropie |
| Deutsch | Menschenhass, Menschenfeindlichkeit, Misanthropie |
| Italiano | misantropia |
| Ελληνικά | μισανθρωπία misanthropía |
| Română | mizantropie |
| Русский | человеконенави́стничество čelovekonenavístničestvo, мизантро́пия mizantrópija |
| العربية | بُغْض الْبَشَرِيَّة buḡḍ al-bašariyya |
| עברית | מִיזַנְתְּרוֹפְּיָה mizantrópya, שִׂנְאַת אָדָם sin'át adám, שִׂנְאַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת sin'át habriyót |
Talk about this word "misanthropy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/misanthropy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. misanthropy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/misanthropy "misanthropy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/misanthropy.Cite this
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title = {misanthropy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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