misanthrope. noun. mis·an·thrope ˈmis-ᵊn-ˌthrōp. : a person who dislikes and distrusts other people.
Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, distrust, or contempt of the human species, human behavior, or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial personality traits often result in the individual with antisocial personality disorder (AVPD) being seen as hateful toward others. The truth is that those with AVPD typically care little about people and their feelings.
Misanthropy is not considered a mental disorder, although it may be a trait present in people with borderline personality disorder or depression. You can go about your days with a distrust for humankind and not feel the urge to hurt yourself or the people around you.
A misanthropic person does not like people and expects the worst of them. It would be misanthropic of you to say that every human being is a greedy, selfish liar. The Greek word for human is anthropos and misein means "to hate", so to be misanthropic is hate humans, to consider them bad or wrong.
misanthrope. noun. mis·an·thrope ˈmis-ᵊn-ˌthrōp. : a person who dislikes and distrusts other people.
It's important to point out that, while misanthropes might prefer to avoid others, it is common for them to have functional relationships with some people. For instance, a person could hate almost everyone in the world, but still have a normal relationship with a parent or a small number of friends.
A person who hates people is sometimes called a misanthrope. While it is not a mental disorder, misanthropy may sometimes be a sign of a mental health condition, such as anxiety, depression, or antisocial personality disorder.
Overt expressions of misanthropy are common in satire and comedy, although intense misanthropy is generally rare. Subtler expressions are far more common, especially for those pointing out the shortcomings of humanity.
animosity. noun. a strong feeling of disliking someone or something.
Self-hatred, or self-loathing, is a common and painful experience for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and related disorders. However, none of the major treatments specifically target this symptom.
philotimia (uncountable) The urge to be thought superior; excessive ambition.
Code for I hate you, 182 is used in text messages and other text communication because "I" is one character, "hate" sounds like 8, and "you" sounds like 2.
Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPDs) become overwhelmed and incapacitated by the intensity of their emotions, whether it is joy and elation or depression, anxiety, and rage. They are unable to manage these intense emotions.
If you have schizoid personality disorder, you may be seen as keeping to yourself or rejecting others. You may not be interested in or able to form close friendships or romantic relationships. Because you do not tend to show emotion, it may appear that you do not care about others or what's going on around you.
Lord Byron George Gordon. Lord Byron was a popular British poet who defines the term'misanthrope' perfectly. He hated the society enough to put on himself a self-imposed exile and preferred to live his life without having a care in the world. He answered only and only to himself and nobody else.
The Misanthrope is undoubtedly a comedy, but undertones of social dysfunction and true personal anguish are present.
Misanthropes hate and distrust people. Introverts like people (except for those very few who are also misanthropes) but need to balance the time spent with people with time spent on their own.
They include cruelty, indifference to the suffering of others, selfishness, injustice, and greed. They may result in harm to humans and animals, like genocides and factory farming of livestock.
She finally becomes anemic and neurasthenic and a misanthrope. This misanthrope is something more than an honourable gentleman at odds with the world.
Quiet borderline personality disorder, or quiet BPD, is a classification some psychologists use to describe a subtype of borderline personality disorder (BPD). While many symptoms of BPD can manifest outward (such as aggression toward others), individuals with quiet BPD may direct symptoms like aggression inward.