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/ˌmɪsənˈθɹɒpɪk/ · adjective
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt..
[C]hildren, ſervants, are falſe, fraudful, foul, if the miſanthropic man, who is father and maſter, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of paſſion, his opinion that they are ſo.
The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind.
Use misanthropic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misanthropic means Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt..
Common synonyms include distrustful, ill-natured, misanthropical, cynical.
Possible antonyms include philanthropic.
[C]hildren, ſervants, are falſe, fraudful, foul, if the miſanthropic man, who is father and maſter, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of paſſion, his opinion that they are ſo.
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