misanthropy

[ mis-an-thruh-pee, miz- ]

/ mɪsˈæn θrə pi, mɪz- /

hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.

Origin of misanthropy

From the Greek word mīsanthrōpía, dating back to 1650–60. See misanthrope, -y³

misandry misanthropy misogyny

What would he say to the grossness without passion and the misanthropy without feeling of Gulliver's Travels?

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV |Thomas Moore
Misanthropy is a sublime egotism that mistakes its own distemper for a disease of the universe.

Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 |Various
I have no right to inflict my misanthropy on you, dear Miss Campion; as it is, you are far too indulgent to my morose moods.

Wee Wifie |Rosa Nouchette Carey
I began to perceive that merriment is only malice in disguise, and that the chief cardinal virtue is misanthropy.

A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others |Various

This is a temperamental idiosyncrasy, and must not be confounded with misanthropy.

The Vagabond in Literature |Arthur Rickett

misanthropy

[ mĭs-ăn′thrə-pē, mĭz- ]

Hatred or mistrust of humankind.

mis′an•throp′ic (mĭs′ən-thrŏp′ĭk) adj. mis′an•thrope′ (mĭs′ən-thrōp′, mĭz′-) null n.