misanthropy

[Gr. misanthropia, from misanthropos.) Hatred of or dislike to mankind. "Misanthropy i ues more from the morbid consciousne of self than from the sorrowful opinion formed of others."-Lewes: Hist. of Philosophy , i. 67. mis-ap-pli-ca-tion, s . [Pref. mis- , and English application (q. v.).] A wrong application; application to a wrong purpose. IMG:content-1255.png:[blocks in formation] mis-ap-pre-ci-āte (ci as shi), v . t . [Pref. mis-, and Eng. appreciate (q. v.).] To appreciate imperfectly; not to appreciate rightly or fully. mis-ap-prě-hend, v . t . [Pref. mis- , and English apprehend (q. v.).] To understand wrongly; to misunderstand; to take in a wrong sense. "He protested that he had been misapprehended."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. x. mis-ăp-prě-hension, s . [Pref. mis-, and Eng. apprehension (q.v.).] A mistaking, a mistake: wrong apprehension of a person's meaning; misconception, misunderstanding. "Patient sinners may want peace through mistakes and misapprehensions of God."-Stilling fleet: Works, vol. iii., вег. 3. mis-ap-prě-hen-sive-lý, adv. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. apprehensively (q. v.).] By misapprehension or mistake. mis-ap-pro-pri-āte, v . t . [Pref. mis- , and Eng. appropriate (q. v.).] To appropriate wrongly or wrongfully; to turn or put to a wrong purpose.