Meanings
comparative more misanthropic · superlative most misanthropic
- Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
[C]hildren, ſervants, are falſe, fraudful, foul, if the miſanthropic man, who is father and maſter, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of paſſion, his opinion that they are ſo.
1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section IV, page 371 more example
The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind.
1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine RevelationAntonyms: philanthropic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebelieving the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
adjectivehating mankind in general
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος
- μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos)disliking or hating mankind
Catalan misantròpic
- misantròpicdisliking or hating mankind
Danish misantropisk, menneskefjendsk
- misantropiskdisliking or hating mankind
- menneskefjendskdisliking or hating mankind
Esperanto hommalama
- hommalamadisliking or hating mankind
Finnish misantrooppinen
- misantrooppinendisliking or hating mankind
French misanthropique
- misanthropiquedisliking or hating mankind
Hungarian mizantrópikus, embergyűlölő
- mizantrópikusdisliking or hating mankind
- embergyűlölődisliking or hating mankind
- mizantrópdisliking or hating mankind
Irish míchaidreamhach
- míchaidreamhachdisliking or hating mankind
Italian misantropico
- misantropicodisliking or hating mankind
Norwegian misantropisk
- misantropiskdisliking or hating mankind
Polish mizantropijny
- mizantropijnydisliking or hating mankind
Portuguese misantropo, misantrópico
- misantropodisliking or hating mankind
- misantrópicodisliking or hating mankind
Russian мизантропи́ческий, человеконенави́стнический
- мизантропи́ческий (mizantropíčeskij)disliking or hating mankind
- человеконенави́стнический (čelovekonenavístničeskij)disliking or hating mankind
Spanish misantrópico
- misantrópicodisliking or hating mankind
Swedish misantropisk
- misantropiskdisliking or hating mankind
Ukrainian людиноненави́сницький, людиноненави́дницький
- людиноненави́сницький (ljudynonenavýsnycʹkyj)disliking or hating mankind
- людиноненави́дницький (ljudynonenavýdnycʹkyj)disliking or hating mankind
- мізантропський (mizantropsʹkyj)disliking or hating mankind
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with misanthropic
Cite this entry
misanthropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misanthropic
“misanthropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misanthropic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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