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misanthropist|mɪˈsænθrəpɪst|
[f. Gr. µῑσάνθρωπ-ος misanthrope + -ist.]
= misanthrope.
Todd, s.v. Misanthrope, says ‘It is now usual to say misanthropist’. But this form is now very rare.
1656Blount Glossogr., Misanthropist, he that hates the company of men. 1791Cumberland Observer No. 138 V. 130 Passages..where he [sc. Menander] speaks in the character of a misanthropist. 1876L. Stephen Eng. Th. 18th C. II. xii. iv. 372 The sturdy moralist had a hearty dislike for the misanthropist.
Hence miˈsanthropism = misanthropy.
1832Fraser's Mag. V. 535 Parading an ultra-misanthropism, and complaining of a morbid and melancholy mind. |