Other forms: misanthropes
A misanthrope is somebody who dislikes people in general. An old misanthrope, a cheerful misanthrope, something of a misanthrope.
It is often worn as a badge rather than an insult, since claiming to be one is a way of being funny about solitude. The Greek is hate plus human being, and the word is far stronger than it usually means.
1nounmisanthropeSomebody who dislikes people in general.
“The old misanthrope lived alone in the woods and chased away anyone who came near.”
misanthrope is a person.
Greek misanthropos joins misein, to hate, and anthropos, a human being.
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From Ancient Greek - from μισέω (“I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (“man; human”); compare miser.
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