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Meaning of "misanthropist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISANTHROPIST

misanthropist  [mɪˈzænθrəpɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISANTHROPIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misanthropist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISANTHROPIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

misanthropist

Misanthropy

Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or disdain of the human species or human nature. A misanthrope, or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. The word's origin is from Greek words μῖσος and ἄνθρωπος. The condition is often confused with asociality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISANTHROPIST


aromatherapist
əˌrəʊməˈθerəpɪst
chemotherapist
ˌkiːməʊˈθɛrəpɪst
electrotherapist
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈθɛrəpɪst
endoscopist
enˈdɒskəpɪst
horoscopist
hɒˈrɒskəpɪst
hydrotherapist
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈθerəpɪst
hypnotherapist
ˌhɪpnəʊˈθɛrəpɪst
lycanthropist
laɪˈkænθrəpɪst
massotherapist
ˌmæsəʊˈθɛrəpɪst
metoposcopist
ˌmɛtəʊˈpɒskəpɪst
microscopist
maɪˈkrɒskəpɪst
philanthropist
fɪˈlænθrəpɪst
physiotherapist
ˌfɪzɪəʊˈθɛrəpɪst
psychotherapist
ˌsaɪkəʊˈθerəpɪst
radiotherapist
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈθerəpɪst
spectroscopist
spɛkˈtrɒskəpɪst
stereoscopist
ˌstɛrɪˈɒskəpɪst
stethoscopist
steˈθɒskəpɪst
telescopist
tɪˈlɛskəpɪst
therapist
ˈθɛrəpɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISANTHROPIST

misally
misalter
misanalysis
misandrist
misandrous
misandry
misanthrope
misanthropic
misanthropical
misanthropically
misanthropy
misapplication
misapplied
misapplies
misapply
misappraisal
misappreciate
misappreciation
misappreciative
misapprehend

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISANTHROPIST

bronchoscopist
cranioscopist
escapist
fluoroscopist
gastroscopist
laparoscopist
malapropist
occupational therapist
oneiroscopist
physical therapist
psilanthropist
rapist
retinoscopist
serial rapist
speech therapist
theanthropist
tropist
typist
uroscopist
utopist

Synonyms and antonyms of misanthropist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misanthropist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISANTHROPIST

Find out the translation of misanthropist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misanthropist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misanthropist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

misanthropist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

misanthropist
570 millions of speakers

English

misanthropist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानवद्वेषी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

misanthropist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мизантроп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

misanthropist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনুষ্যদ্বেষী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

misanthrope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyamar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Misanthrop
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厭世家
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

misanthropist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misanthropist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người ghét đời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனித இனத்தை வெறுப்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुरूपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insanları sevmeyen kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misantropo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

misanthropist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мізантроп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mizantrop
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

misanthropist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mense hater
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misanthropist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misanthropist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misanthropist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISANTHROPIST»

The term «misanthropist» is normally little used and occupies the 125.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISANTHROPIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misanthropist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misanthropist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misanthropist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISANTHROPIST»

Discover the use of misanthropist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misanthropist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Molière: A Playwright and His Audience
56 The marvel of your art was to have created the Misanthropist in such a way that there is nobody, apart from the wicked, who would not like to be Alceste with all his foibles. 56 'It's also partly because of your censorious nature that I loved you ...
William Driver Howarth, 1982
2
The Argosy
Neither, perhaps, would it be paradoxical to declare that the eccentricity in which the misanthropist indulges is the result of an original impulse, and not of circumstances, even if the belief in the empire of circumstances were not a degrading ...
‎1867
3
Dramatic and Prose Miscellanies: Lucianus redivivus: or, ...
This is a language I should never have expected from the mouth of a misanthropist. These are extraordinary sentiments, indeed ! Misan. You think, I find, with the multitude, that the misanthropist must consequently be the enemy of man. A very ...
Andrew Becket, William Beattie, 1838
4
The Olive Branch: Or, Faults on Both Sides, Federal and ...
Mr. Coleman, the editor of the New-York Evening Post, Was lately asserted in the most dogmatical manner, as if of his own knowledge, that I am not the author of ( his work : and that it was written by some " confirmed New-York misanthropist.
Mathew Carey, 1815
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
... other circumstances did not concur to favour the suggestion, would by no means have deserved the character of a misanthropist merely from his history of the Houyhnhnms, which Swift was most probably tempted to write rather from the odd- ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1781
6
The Works of James M. Whitfield: America and Other Writings ...
In “The Misanthropist,” the Byronic speaker finds himself so distraught with the violence before him that he threatens to forsake religion and love altogether. And yet, as he asks the reader how poetry can continue to be created under such ...
James Monroe Whitfield, Robert Steven Levine, Ivy G. Wilson, 2011
7
Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People
This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide  ...
Marion Hersh, Michael A Johnson, 2010
8
Dictionary of Confusable Words
(Minuscule is frequently misspelled miniscule by association with words starting with mini-.) misanthropist/misogynist/misogamist A misanthropist (or misanthrope ) is someone who hates or dislikes other people, whether men or women: 'He ...
Adrian Room, 2013
9
Commerce, Morality and the Eighteenth-Century Novel
humanist rhetoric is put into the mouth of a misanthropist, and is directed towards Harley, emphasises the disparity between this language of public virtue, and the cause of private virtue that is espoused within the sentimental tradition. Harley ...
Liz Bellamy, 2005
10
Greek Declamation
We have to represent two opposing characters (ethe), the misanthropist and the lover, and ensure that the speech proceeds on the basis of both characteristics, the ideas introduced not disclosing the contradiction between them.
Donald Andrew Russell, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISANTHROPIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misanthropist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bad Nudes Bared: Lupin Lodge's Idyllic Clothing-Free Lifestyle …
After learning that Ed was nothing more than “a well-experienced con-man, sociopath and misanthropist,” as the Stouts characterized him in the ... «San Jose Inside, Jul 15»
2
Books that changed me: Maureen McCarthy
... in my blazer pocket and when things got too much I'd hide, open it anywhere and find solace with the 19th-century Russian misanthropist. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
3
Much to be learned from Philip Larkin's letters
His helpful advice to students shows he was not perhaps the misanthropist described by some of his earlier biographers. Peter Ayling Kirk Ella ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Anthony Bourdain and the Truth of Miami
From a personal standpoint as a misanthropist who was born here and always wished for an existence with less social obligation, Bourdain ... «Miami's Community Newspapers, May 15»
5
Artists get 'Spirited Away' at Bear and Bird
Danielle Estefan's "The Misanthropist," a tribute to a character from the film "Princess Mononoke," is featured in the exhibit “The Time in ... «SouthFlorida.com, May 15»
6
Toni Morrison treads familiar ground in 11th novel, God Help The …
In Ernest Hemingway on Writing, the bearded misanthropist famously asked: "What is the best early training for a writer?" The answer, even ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
7
His own man: 'The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams' by …
... and forbidding manners,” derided by his political adversaries as “a gloomy misanthropist” and his personal enemies as “an unsocial savage.”. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 15»
8
Olivier Assayas opens up about Clouds of Sils Maria and his secrets …
He's a misanthropist, someone who's very critical of modern society, the image culture, and the media culture. I suppose he represents the ... «Chicago Reader, Apr 15»
9
A Last Meal with Boris Nemtsov
MH - Secular Misanthropist says: March 1, 2015 at 3:10 pm. @Richard Parker by “weird” they mean both unusual and Western, Educated, ... «The American Conservative, Feb 15»
10
The WEIRD (Mis)Guide to Religion
MH - Secular Misanthropist says: February 20, 2015 at 11:56 am. The Aztecs didn't yank out hearts so that people would be “good.” They did it ... «The American Conservative, Feb 15»

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