philanthropist

English

Etymology

From philanthropy +‎ -ist; compare French philanthrope.

Noun

philanthropist (plural philanthropists)

1. A person who loves humankind in general.
2. A person or institution who seeks to improve the world, especially by monetary gifts.
   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 15:

     […] and with a passing vague wonder as to what manner of man the ‘philanthropist’ might be who had more money than he knew what to do with, […]

Antonyms

• misanthropist

Derived terms

• philanthropath
• technophilanthropist

Translations

person who loves mankind

• Afrikaans: filantroop (af)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: філантроп m (filantróp), філантропка f (filantrópka)
• Bulgarian: филантроп (bg) m (filantrop), човеколюбец m (čovekoljubec)
• Catalan: filantrop (ca) m
• Czech: lidumil (cs) m
• Danish: filantrop (da) c
• Dutch: filantroop (nl) m
• Finnish: filantrooppi (fi)
• French: philanthrope (fr) m or f
• Galician: filántropo m, filántropa f
• German: Philanthrop (de) m, Philanthropin (de) f, Menschenfreund (de) m, Menschenfreundin (de) f
• Greek: φιλάνθρωπος (el) m (filánthropos)
• Hungarian: filantróp (hu), emberbarát (hu)
• Italian: filantropo (it) m
• Macedonian: човекољубец m (čovekoljubec)
• Occitan: filantròp (oc) m
• 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

• Slovak: ľudomil m
• Spanish: filántropo (es) m
• Swedish: filantrop (sv) c
• Turkish: filantrop (tr)
• Ukrainian: чоловіколю́б m (čolovikoljúb), людолю́б m (ljudoljúb)
• 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
• Galician: filántropo m, filántropa f
• Greek: φιλάνθρωπος (el) m (filánthropos)
• Hebrew: בעל צדקה m
• Hungarian: filantróp (hu), emberbarát (hu)
• Italian: filantropo (it) m
• Ladino: sadikero
• Macedonian: добротвор m (dobrotvor)
• Polish: filantrop (pl) m, filantropka f
• 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)
• Turkish: filantrop (tr)
• Ukrainian: філантро́п m (filantróp)
• Yiddish: פֿילאַנטראָפּ m (filantrop), בעל־צדקה m (baltsdoke)

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)