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Misanthropic vs Distant - What's the difference?

misanthropic | distant | Synonyms |

Misanthropic is a synonym of distant.


As adjectives the difference between misanthropic and distant

is that misanthropic is hating or disliking mankind while distant is far off (physically, logically or mentally).

misanthropic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Hating or disliking mankind.

    • Antonyms

    * (hating mankind) philanthropic

    Derived terms

    * misanthropical * misanthropically

    Related terms

    * misanthrope * misanthropist * misanthropy

    See also

    * altruism * misandry * misogyny * philandry * philogyny * Timonian

    distant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * distaunt (obsolete) * dystant (obsolete) * dystaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
  • Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

    • Related terms

    * distance * equidistant

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