philanthropist

English

Etymology

philanthropy +‎ -ist; compare French philanthrope.

Noun

philanthropist (plural philanthropists)

A person who loves humankind in general.
A very generous person or institution.

Antonyms

misanthropist

Translations

person who loves mankind

Afrikaans: filantroop (af)
Catalan: filantrop (ca) m
Czech: lidumil m
Danish: filantrop (da) c
Dutch: filantroop (nl) m
Finnish: filantrooppi (fi)
French: philanthrope (fr) m or f
German: Philanthrop (de) m, Philanthropin f, Menschenfreund (de) m, Menschenfreundin f
Greek: φιλάνθρωπος (el) m (filánthropos)

Hungarian: filantróp (hu), emberbarát (hu)
Polish: filantrop (pl) m, filantropka f
Portuguese: filantropo (pt) m
Russian: филантро́п (ru) m (filantróp)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: filàntrop (sh) m, filàntropkinja (sh) f, čovjekoljúbac (sh) m
Spanish: filántropo (es) m
Volapük: (♂♀) menilöfan, (♂) menihilöfan, (♀) menijilöfan

very generous person

Afrikaans: filantroop (af)
Arabic: سَخِيّ‎ m (saḵiyy)
Catalan: filantrop (ca) m
Czech: filantrop (cs) m
Esperanto: filantropo (eo)
French: philanthrope (fr) m or f
Greek: φιλάνθρωπος (el) m (filánthropos)
Hungarian: filantróp (hu), emberbarát (hu)

Portuguese: filantropo (pt) m
Russian: филантро́п (ru) m (filantróp)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: filàntrop (sh) m, filàntropkinja (sh) f
Spanish: filántropo (es) m
Swedish: filantrop (sv) c
Tamil: வள்ளல் (ta) (vaḷḷal)
Yiddish: פֿילאַנטראָפּ‎ m (filantrop)

See also

altruist
altruism (strong like of human race)
misanthropy (hatred of human race)
misanthropic
misanthropist
misandry (hatred of males)
misogyny (hatred of females)
philanthropy
philanthropic (loving human race)
philandry (love of males)
philogyny (love of females)

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