misanthropist
(mɪˈsænθrəpɪst)
[f. Gr. µῑσάνθρωπ-ος misanthrope + -ist.]
= misanthrope.
Todd, s.v. Misanthrope, says ‘It is now usual to say misanthropist’. But this form is now very rare.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Misanthropist, he that hates the company of men. 1791 Cumberland Observer No. 138 V. 130 Passages..where he [sc. Menander] speaks in the character of a misanthropist. 1876 L. Stephen Eng. Th. 18th C. II. xii. iv. 372 The sturdy moralist had a hearty dislike for the misanthropist. |
Hence miˈsanthropism = misanthropy.
| 1832 Fraser's Mag. V. 535 Parading an ultra-misanthropism, and complaining of a morbid and melancholy mind. |