misanthropy
misanthropy · misanthropies
людиноненависництво, мізантропія
мизантропия, человеконенавистничество
Menschenfeindlichkeit, Menschenhass, Misanthropie
A negative view or hatred of the human raceA negative view or hatred of the human race.
/mɪˈsæn.θɹə.pi/
» Tom believes in misanthropy.
kylewii · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A negative view or hatred of the human race.
Menschenhass, Menschenfeindlichkeit, Misanthropie
человеконенави́стничествоčelovekonenavístničestvo, мизантро́пияmizantrópija
людиноненави́сництвоljudynonenavýsnyctvo, мізантро́піяmizantrópija
hatred of mankind
Examples
3 sentencesTom believes in misanthropy.
I believe in misanthropy.
I don't necessarily support misanthropy.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
negative view of people or mankind:
Русский
By meaning 1
negative view of people or mankind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
negative view of people or mankind:
Origin
From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσοςFrom Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- + -anthropy.
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Forms
plural: misanthropies| Singular | misanthropy |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable