misanthropen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪs(ə)nθrəʊp/,

/ˈmɪz(ə)nθrəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈmɪs(ə)nˌθroʊp/

Forms: 1600s misanthrop, 1700s– misanthrope.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French misanthrope; Greek μισάνθρωπος.

Etymology: < French misanthrope (1548 as noun, 1564 as adjective in Middle French in Rabelais; 1622 in sense ‘unsociable person’; greatly popularized by the title of Molière's play Le misanthrope (1666)) and its etymon ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος Misanthropos n. Compare earlier Misanthropos n., misanthropist n.

A. n.

A hater of humankind; a person who distrusts and avoids other people. Cf. Misanthropos n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > misanthrope

man-hater1579

Misanthropos1579

Timonist1590

Timon1598

misanthropist1648

misanthrope1683

1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 55 A misanthrop in such a measure that can praise nothing that is praise worthy.

1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 16 Alas, poor Dean! his only Scope Was, to be held a Misanthrope.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 10 It is said, that the most religious men are in general the most inflexible misanthropes.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 169 Ill as he [sc. King Charles II] thought of his species, he never became a misanthrope.

1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 77 That is a doctrine for a misanthrope; to those who like their fellow-creatures it must..be meaningless.

1905 Athenæum 19 Aug. 232/2 The Celt of ‘the Forty-five’ was not a mooning misanthrope.

1940 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 35 29 That relatively easy and pleasant living is a desirable end in itself, surely no one but the most spiritually constipated misanthrope would deny.

1992 Gazette (Montreal) 28 May d6/5 Scrooge wasn't the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be.

†B. adj.

= misanthropic adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adjective]

misanthropical1621

misanthrope1757

misanthropic1762

Timonian1770

unphilanthropic1802

1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. ccliii. 204 My Philosophy is neither of the Cynic or Misanthrope Kind.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 79 The finer..natures..may become misanthrope and philanthrope by turns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	misanthrope
释义	misanthropen.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪs(ə)nθrəʊp/, /ˈmɪz(ə)nθrəʊp/, U.S. /ˈmɪs(ə)nˌθroʊp/ Forms: 1600s misanthrop, 1700s– misanthrope. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French misanthrope; Greek μισάνθρωπος. Etymology: < French misanthrope (1548 as noun, 1564 as adjective in Middle French in Rabelais; 1622 in sense ‘unsociable person’; greatly popularized by the title of Molière's play Le misanthrope (1666)) and its etymon ancient Greek μισάνθρωπος Misanthropos n. Compare earlier Misanthropos n., misanthropist n. A. n. A hater of humankind; a person who distrusts and avoids other people. Cf. Misanthropos n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > misanthrope man-hater1579 Misanthropos1579 Timonist1590 Timon1598 misanthropist1648 misanthrope1683 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 55 A misanthrop in such a measure that can praise nothing that is praise worthy. 1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 16 Alas, poor Dean! his only Scope Was, to be held a Misanthrope. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 10 It is said, that the most religious men are in general the most inflexible misanthropes. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 169 Ill as he [sc. King Charles II] thought of his species, he never became a misanthrope. 1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 77 That is a doctrine for a misanthrope; to those who like their fellow-creatures it must..be meaningless. 1905 Athenæum 19 Aug. 232/2 The Celt of ‘the Forty-five’ was not a mooning misanthrope. 1940 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 35 29 That relatively easy and pleasant living is a desirable end in itself, surely no one but the most spiritually constipated misanthrope would deny. 1992 Gazette (Montreal) 28 May d6/5 Scrooge wasn't the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be. †B. adj. = misanthropic adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adjective] misanthropical1621 misanthrope1757 misanthropic1762 Timonian1770 unphilanthropic1802 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. ccliii. 204 My Philosophy is neither of the Cynic or Misanthrope Kind. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 79 The finer..natures..may become misanthrope and philanthrope by turns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1683
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