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MISANTHROPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who dislikes people in general

Synonyms:

misanthrope; misanthropist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("misanthrope" is a kind of...):

churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump (a bad-tempered person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misanthrope"):

misogynist; woman hater (a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular)

Derivation:

misanthropical (hating mankind in general)

misanthropical (believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others)

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