English Explanatory Dictionary

disanthropic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to disanthropy; desiring a world without human life, or pertaining to such a world, as expressed in literature.

Pronunciation

/ˌdɪsænˈθɹɒpɪk/ /ˌdɪsænˈθɹɑpɪk/

Word forms

disanthropic more disanthropic most disanthropic

Etymology

PIE word *dwís From disanthropy + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns), probably modelled after misanthropic. The word was coined by the Canadian literary critic Greg Garrard in a 2012 article published in SubStance: see the quotation.

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