Definition of misanthropic
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope He was shunned because of his miserable misanthropic nature.
2 : marked by a hatred or contempt for humankind The moral corruption he saw around him made him misanthropic.
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a misanthropic outlook on life that probably stems from a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse
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Today’s Left might not openly espouse such misanthropic theories, but the insistence that overpopulation will destroy the earth is very much with us.
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Puddle of Mudd was among the throngs of bands that sort of picked up the heavy, moping and misanthropic sensibility of grunge and gave it an everyman attitude.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which shared the best screenplay prize with You Were Never Really Here. Ramsay and Lanthimos are directors of abundant talent, and yet their Cannes films were so cramped and muted and misanthropic.
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One of the brothers (Richard Gere) is a glad-handing politician; the other (Steve Coogan) is a sarcastic former history teacher who gradually reveals himself to be not just resentful and misanthropic but also seriously unhinged.
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As Phil Connors, the weatherman stuck in a time loop on February 2nd, Andy Karl doesn’t re-create Murray’s misanthropic euphoria—who could?—but gives the character his own sardonic stamp.
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This film from the misanthropic Warren Ellis word machine had great buzz in the beginning.
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Did You Know?
Jonathan Swift was famous for the misanthropy of works such as Gulliver's Travels which make fun of all kinds of human foolishness. But in spite of his apparent misanthropic attitude, he spent a third of his income on founding a hospital and another third on other charities—certainly not the acts of a true misanthrope. Today we often use synonyms such as cynic and grinch for misanthropic types—while hoping we don't meet too many of them.
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1762
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1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope
2: marked by a hatred or contempt for humankind
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