misanthropic
pronunciation
How to pronounce misanthropic in British English:
UK [ˌmɪsənˈθrɒpɪk]
How to pronounce misanthropic in American English:
US [ˌmɪsənˈθrɑpɪk]
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- Adjective:
- believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
- hating mankind in general
Word Origin
- misanthropic (adj.)
- 1762, from misanthrope + -ic. Earlier was misanthropical (1620s).
Example
- 1. It is to her that beckett 's humour-there in his plays , under it all-finally surfaces , even if it is a certain type of misanthropic comedy : " I 've been reading in your grand baudelaire and the holy bible the story of the flood and wishing the almighty had never had a soft spot for noah . "