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Averse to mankind
Answer for the clue "Averse to mankind ", 12 letters:
misanthropic
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others [syn: cynical , misanthropical ] hating mankind in general [syn: misanthropical ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misanthropic \Mis`an*throp"ic\, Misanthropical \Mis`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. misanthropique.] Hating or disliking mankind.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1762, from misanthrope + -ic . Earlier was misanthropical (1620s).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Hating or disliking mankind.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Misanthropic is an EP by Dismember released as an appetizer for the Death Metal album.
Usage examples of misanthropic.
The old nuns said that I was certainly labouring under some deep sorrow, of which I had no hope to be cured except through the protection of the Holy Virgin, and the young ones asserted that I was either melancholy or misanthropic.
It was seen as an insult to humanity, a misanthropic invention of the evolutionists more slanderous even than their proclaiming of the consanguinity of man and ape.
There are always a few misanthropic miners that are looking for a berth like this, but the proximity of Mollies drove even them away.