as in cynics
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
a former misanthrope who now professes a newly discovered love of mankind
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Recent Examples of misanthropes
The story follows a rag-tag group of misanthropes who attempt to rob jewels from the Vatican.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
Clavicular is the poster child—though by no means the most extreme representative—of the looksmaxxing movement, the latest permutation of an ideology developed by too online misogynist misanthropes in the twenty-tens.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
Clavicular is the poster child—though by no means the most extreme representative—of the looksmaxxing movement, the latest permutation of an ideology developed by too online misogynist misanthropes in the twenty-tens.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthropes
cynics
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Of course, cynics would say this is an easy way to get laughs, but Galifianakis’ quick wit ensures the unfiltered youngsters don’t always take center stage.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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The cynics are figures like Sam Bankman-Fried, who built a fortune off of a crypto exchange called FTX, which crashed and burned in the fall of 2022, eventually sending Bankman-Fried to prison for fraud.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Misanthropes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthropes. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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