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183 words match “THROP”

LYCANTHROPE n. 2 definitions
One affected with lycanthropy.
LYCANTHROPIA n.
See Lycanthropy, 2.
LYCANTHROPIC a.
Pertaining to lycanthropy.
LYCANTHROPIST n.
One affected by the disease lycanthropy.
LYCANTHROPOUS a.
Lycanthropic.
LYCANTHROPY n. 2 definitions
The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. Lowell.
MISANTHROPE n.
A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.
MISANTHROPIC; MISANTHROPICAL a.
Hating or disliking mankind.
MISANTHROPIST n.
A misanthrope.
MISANTHROPOS n.
A misanthrope. [Obs.] Shak.
MISANTHROPY n.
Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy. Orrery.
PHILANTHROPE n.
A philanthropist. [Obs.] R. North.
PHILANTHROPIC; PHILANTHROPICAL a.
Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.
PHILANTHROPINISM n.
A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau.
PHILANTHROPINIST n.
An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism.
PHILANTHROPIST n.
One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.
PHILANTHROPISTIC a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist. [R.] Carlyle.
PHILANTHROPY n.
mily; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. Jer. Taylor.
PHYSIANTHROPY n.
The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.
PITHECANTHROPUS n. 3 definitions
A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel.
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