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Misanthropes and Other Haters
Misanthrope comes from the Greek misanthrōpos “hating humankind” and was very likely popularized by the French playwright Moliere's Le Misanthrope, which depicts a bitter critic of society who chooses exile over contact with other people. In English, misanthrope (or its anglicized equivalent, misanthropist) has been applied to many a perceived antisocial crank, from satirist Jonathan Swift to philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to Charles Dicken’s character Ebenezer Scrooge. It is one of several English words beginning with mis- (from Greek misein "to hate") naming persons who despise something or someone. The most familiar example nowadays is misogynist, used of a person who hates women. Two lesser-known variations on the theme are misandrist “one who hates men” and misopedist “a person who hates children.”
Examples of misandrist in a Sentence
Armond White, National Review, 18 Jan. 2023
The dog is an unapologetic misandrist.
—Elisa Albert, Longreads, 28 Apr. 2020
This film of a widowed housewife (Delphine Seyrig) — her routine chores, maternal social-role obligations, and limited freedom (to prostitute herself, then exact murderous revenge on a male client) — is deliberately anti-dramatic and misandrist.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Dec. 2022
French female filmmakers differ from their American counterparts, seeming less defensive, less doctrinaire, and not at all misandrist.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Aug. 2021
Maybe try a less confrontational approach and not using buzz words like misandrist.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Misandrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misandrist. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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