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Humanitarian vs Misanthropy - What's the difference?

humanitarian | misanthropy |

As nouns the difference between humanitarian and misanthropy

is that humanitarian is a person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder while misanthropy is hatred or dislike of people or mankind.

As an adjective humanitarian

is concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

humanitarian

English

(wikipedia humanitarian)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

    • Derived terms

    * humanitarianism

    External links

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    misanthropy

    English

    (wikipedia misanthropy)

    Noun

  • Hatred or dislike of people or mankind.
  • * 1817, , Author's Preface
    • Hence gloom and misanthropy have become the characteristics of the age in which we live, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own despair.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy , these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

    Synonyms

    * Timonism (bitter misanthropy)

    Antonyms

    * (dislike of people) altruism, philanthropy

    Hyponyms

    * misandry * misogyny

    Derived terms

    * misanthrope * misanthropic * misanthropist