单词 | misanthropist |
释义 | misanthropistn. = misanthrope n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > misanthrope man-hater1579 Misanthropos1579 Timonist1590 Timon1598 misanthropist1648 misanthrope1683 1648 ‘Mercurio-Mastix Hibernicus’ Muzzle for Cerberus 13 Our Patriots, Pirates, Pilates, Traitors, Tymous misantrhopists, Prince-haters;..Who but knowne knaves, Dulmans proud sots, Would stigmatize, all these for plots. 1791 R. Cumberland Observer (ed. 2) V. cxxxviii. 130 Passages..where he [sc. Menander] speaks in the character of a misanthropist. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. i. 1 A situation..completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist's heaven. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. II. xii. iv. 372 The sturdy moralist had a hearty dislike for the misanthropist. 1950 Yale French Stud. No. 5. 64 Rousseau..loosed a flood of apocalyptic rage against Molière for treating the misanthropist as a comic figure. 1988 P. Toynbee End of Journey 382 I never was a misanthropist... But..I have been more impressed by kindness here than by any other human quality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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