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Misanthropy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Hatred or mistrust of humankind.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Hatred or dislike of people or mankind.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Hatred or dislike of mankind; the habit of distrusting or of taking the worst possible view of human character or motives.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people

n. hatred of mankind

Word Usage

"Having been often ill-served on screen, Thompson's literary misanthropy is distilled in this tale of a psychopath who batters and kills those who love him with utter detachment; no wonder Stanley Kubrick called the book the most believable first-person depiction of the psychopathic mind."

Antonym

philanthropy altruism

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

unfriendliness hate hatred

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

misanthropist cynicism cynism

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

homesickness pessimism despondency suggestibility hypochondria