misanthropists
Despisers of mankind
Misanthropists are people who dislike or distrust humanity in general.
The word is the plural of misanthropist, which means the same as misanthrope.
A misanthropist doesn't necessarily hate individuals—the contempt is for human nature itself, for the species and its tendencies: The cabin belonged to a misanthropist who preferred the company of trees to people.
Doubters of sincerity
- pessimistsThose assuming negative outcomes
- SchopenhauerGerman pessimist philosopher
- DiogenesFounder of Cynicism
- nihilistsDeniers of meaning
skeptics · hermits · recluses · solitude · isolation · contempt · disdain · humanity
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- SwiftMoving with great speed
- GrinchCelebration-despising curmudgeon
Gulliver · Holden Caulfield · protagonists · satirists · antiheroes · loners · outcasts · brooding
cynics
Doubters of sincerity
- pessimistsThose assuming negative outcomes
- SchopenhauerGerman pessimist philosopher
- DiogenesFounder of Cynicism
nihilists · skeptics · hermits · recluses · solitude · isolation · contempt · disdain · humanity · society
Scrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- SwiftMoving with great speed
Gulliver · Grinch · Holden Caulfield · protagonists · satirists · antiheroes · loners · outcasts · brooding · bitter
antisocial
Averse to socializing
withdrawn · secluded · isolated · solitary · unsociable · unapproachable · hostile · irritable · grumpy · cantankerous
misanthropistsphilanthropists
Generous supporters of good causes
humanitarians · altruists · humanists · optimists · do-gooders
misanthropistsextroverts
Those who thrive socially
social butterflies · people persons · socialites · party animals · glad-handers