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A negative view or hatred of the human race.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
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a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: unfriendliness
hatred of mankind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hate, hatred
From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- + -anthropy.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
mizantropi
— negative view of people or mankind
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Arabic:
بُغْض الْبَشَرِيَّة
(buḡḍ al-bašariyya)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Armenian:
միզանտրոպիա
(mizantropia)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Armenian:
մարդատյացություն
(mardatyacʻutʻyun)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Asturian:
misantropía
— negative view of people or mankind
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Basque:
misantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Belarusian:
чалавеканенаві́сніцтва
(čalavjekanjenavísnictva)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Belarusian:
мізантро́пія
(mizantrópija)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Bulgarian:
мизантро́пия
(mizantrópija)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Bulgarian:
човеконена́вистничество
(čovekonenávistničestvo)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Bulgarian:
човекомра́зие
(čovekomrázie)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Catalan:
misantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Czech:
misantropie
— negative view of people or mankind
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Danish:
misantropi
— negative view of people or mankind
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Dutch:
misantropie
— negative view of people or mankind
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Dutch:
mensenhaat
— negative view of people or mankind
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Esperanto:
mizantropio
— negative view of people or mankind
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Estonian:
misantroopia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Finnish:
misantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Finnish:
ihmisviha
— negative view of people or mankind
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French:
misanthropie
— negative view of people or mankind
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Galician:
misantropía
— negative view of people or mankind
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Georgian:
კაცთმოძულეობა
(ḳactmoʒuleoba)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Georgian:
მიზანთროპია
(mizantroṗia)
— negative view of people or mankind
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German:
Menschenhass
— negative view of people or mankind
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German:
Menschenfeindlichkeit
— negative view of people or mankind
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German:
Misanthropie
— negative view of people or mankind
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Greek:
μισανθρωπία
(misanthropía)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Ancient Greek:
μισανθρωπία
(misanthrōpía)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Hawaiian:
hoʻokae kanaka
— negative view of people or mankind
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Hebrew:
מִיזַנְתְּרוֹפְּיָה
(mizantrópya)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Hebrew:
שִׂנְאַת אָדָם
(sin'át adám)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Hebrew:
שִׂנְאַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת
(sin'át habriyót)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Hungarian:
embergyűlölet
— negative view of people or mankind
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Ido:
mizantropeso
— negative view of people or mankind
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Irish:
míchaidreamhacht
— negative view of people or mankind
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Italian:
misantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Japanese:
人間不信
(ningen fushin)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Latin:
misanthropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Latvian:
mizantropija
— negative view of people or mankind
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Lithuanian:
mizantropija
— negative view of people or mankind
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Macedonian:
човекомра́зие
(čovekomrázie)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Macedonian:
мизантро́пија
(mizantrópija)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Mingrelian:
მიზანთროპი
(mizantroṗi)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Norwegian Bokmål:
misantropi
— negative view of people or mankind
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
misantropi
— negative view of people or mankind
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Occitan:
misantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Persian:
مردمستیزی
(mardom-setizi)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Polish:
mizantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Portuguese:
misantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Romanian:
mizantropie
— negative view of people or mankind
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Russian:
человеконенави́стничество
(čelovekonenavístničestvo)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Russian:
мизантро́пия
(mizantrópija)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Samogitian:
mėzantruopėjė
— negative view of people or mankind
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Serbo-Croatian:
мизантро̀пија
— negative view of people or mankind
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Serbo-Croatian:
човекомр́ство
— negative view of people or mankind
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Serbo-Croatian:
човјекомр́ство
— negative view of people or mankind
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Serbo-Croatian:
mizantròpija
— negative view of people or mankind
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Serbo-Croatian:
čovekomŕstvo
— negative view of people or mankind
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Serbo-Croatian:
čovjekomŕstvo
— negative view of people or mankind
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Slovak:
mizantropia
— negative view of people or mankind
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Slovene:
mizantropíja
— negative view of people or mankind
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Slovene:
ljudomrzništvo
— negative view of people or mankind
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Spanish:
misantropía
— negative view of people or mankind
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Swedish:
misantropi
— negative view of people or mankind
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Turkish:
mizantropi
— negative view of people or mankind
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Ukrainian:
людиноненави́сництво
(ljudynonenavýsnyctvo)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Ukrainian:
мізантро́пія
(mizantrópija)
— negative view of people or mankind
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Uzbek:
odamsevmaslik
— negative view of people or mankind
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Yiddish:
מיזאַנטראָפּיע
(mizantropye)
— negative view of people or mankind