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misanthrope

Someone who dislikes or distrusts humankind.

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Disliking humankind.

How misanthrope reached English

oldest first

Greek

  • misein‘to hate’
  • anthrōpos‘human being’

combined

  1. English

    misanthrope

    ‘Someone who dislikes or distrusts humankind.’

The story of misanthrope

Misanthrope comes from Greek misanthrōpos, a formation about hating humankind. The components identify the attitude and its object. Simply preferring a quiet room is not the literal meaning of the word.

This view explains the components. They are pieces of one construction, not consecutive borrowing stages.

Source

Merriam-Webster · misanthrope

Formation of the word.

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