misanthrope.

Meanings

• noun

  A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

  - "The misanthrope lived alone in the mountains, shunning all human contact."
  - "Despite her outgoing personality, she had a misanthropic side that emerged when she was alone."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with misanthrope.
apothegm , atrophy , calamity , catastrophe , decadency , destiny , history , infancy , jubilee , larceny , maturity , monopoly , nostalgia , opacity , patrimony , quagmire , serenity , sobriety , tedium , tragedy , vagabondage , vehemently

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Variants

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misanthrope , misanthropes

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Etymology

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Derived from the Greek words 'misos' (hate) and 'anthropos' (man).

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Trivia

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1. The term 'misanthrope' was first used in English in the 16th century.

2. The term 'misanthrope' is often used interchangeably with the term 'misogynist', but they are not the same. A misanthrope dislikes all humankind, while a misogynist specifically dislikes women.

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Related Concepts

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1. misanthropia: A state of hatred towards humankind.

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Quotes

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1. Many members of the contemporary movie audience, only marginally socialized, would have made a "misanthrope" of Gandhi; they undermine every argument for intelligent design in the universe.

   - James Morris,{it}Wilson Quarterly{/it},Autumn 2005

2. The young people thought him a gloomy "misanthrope", because he never joined in their sports—the old men thought still more hardly of him, because he followed no trade,  …

   - Washington Irving,Salmagundi,November 24, 1807,{"source"=>"in {it}History, Tales, and Sketches{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1977"}

3. It is perhaps not the healthiest tendency for a man who is already if not a hermit at least a part-time "misanthrope".

   - Edmund White,{it}Vanity Fair{/it},September 1996

4. Rather she is the genuine article, a "misanthrope" so pure she can't understand "why solitary confinement is considered punishment."

   - Lewis Burke Frumkes,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},10 May 1992

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Culture

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In literature, the misanthrope is a common character type, often portrayed as a grumpy, reclusive hermit. One famous example is Alceste from Molière's play 'Tartuffe'.

How to Memorize "misanthrope."

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a grumpy old man living in a cabin in the woods, shunning all human contact.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a hermit living in solitude.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the Greek roots: 'misos' (hate) and 'anthropos' (man).

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