misanthropic

English
WOTD – 15 March 2010

Etymology

From misanthrope +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɒpɪk/, /-zən-/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɑpɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪk
  • Hyphenation: mis‧an‧throp‧ic

Adjective

misanthropic (comparative more misanthropic, superlative most misanthropic)

  1. Disliking or hating mankind.
    Antonym: philanthropic
    • 1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section IV, page 37:
      [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.

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