misanthropist

Example Sentences

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His tweets have triggered an unexpectedly heated debate during which he’s been belittled as a killjoy, a pedant, and even a misanthropist.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2018

Of all the presidents, Richard Nixon was a misanthropist, which means a hater of mankind in general.

From US News • May 2, 2016

He describes himself as an "equal opportunities misanthropist", saying he's "skewered many more men than women, and possibly more donkeys than both".

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012

Nature, together with the character of his time, made the great Dean a misanthropist.

From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard

The misanthropist Alceste is nobly fanatical on behalf of sincerity and rectitude.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund