misanthropist
41Misanthropy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misanthropy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misanthropy misanthropy incivism Sgm: N 1 egotism egotism &c.(selfishness) 943 Sgm: N 1 moroseness moroseness &c. 901a Sgm: N 1 cynicism cynicism GRP: N 2 …
42misanthrope — (n.) one who hates mankind, 1560s, from Gk. misanthropos hating mankind, from misein to hate (see MISO (Cf. miso )) + anthropos man (see ANTHROPO (Cf. anthropo )). Alternative form misanthropist is attested from 1650s …
43misanthrope — [ mɪz(ə)nθrəʊp, mɪs ] (also misanthropist mɪ zanθrəpɪst, mɪ san ) noun a person who dislikes humankind. Derivatives misanthropic adjective misanthropical adjective misanthropically adverb …
44misanthrope — n. Man hater, cynic, misanthropist …
45detester — n 1. hater, loather, abhorrer, despiser; execrator, abominator, curser, vilifier; detractor, disparager, derogator. 2. misanthrope, misanthropist, misogynist, man hater, woman hater, sexist, male chauvinist pig; racist, bigot, anti Semite,… …
46man-hater — n misanthrope, misanthropist, hater of mankind, cynic; recluse, hermit, anchorite, loner, solitary; eremite, ascetic, monk …
47Thoreau, Henry David — (1817 1862) Essayist, poet, and naturalist, was b. at Concord, Massachusetts. His f., of French extraction, from Jersey, was a manufacturer of lead pencils. He was ed. at Harvard, where he became a good classical scholar. Subsequently he was a …
48misanthrope — /ˈmɪzənθroʊp/ (say mizuhnthrohp) noun a hater of humankind. Also, misanthropist /mɪˈzænθrəpəst/ (say mi zanthruhpuhst). {Greek misanthrōpos hating humankind} …
49cynic — [n] nonbeliever carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas*, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever;… …
50misanthrope — [n] person who hates others cynic, doubter, egoist, egotist, hater, isolate, loner, misanthropist, recluse, skeptic; concept 412 Ant. humanitarian, philanthropist …
