misanthrope

noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.

1. One who has a negative view of the entire human race.

   “Alas, poor Dean! his only scope Was to be held a misanthrope.”

   “I cannot love evergreens—they are the misanthropes of nature. To them the spring brings no promise, the autumn no decline; they are cut off from the sweetest of all ties with their kind—sympathy.”

2. Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.