What's the opposite of "misanthrope"?

[nq:1]What is it? It occured to me today that I was having a moment in which I felt the opposite of a "misanthrope".[/nq]
An anthropophile?

[nq:1]What is it? It occured to me today that I was having a moment in which I felt the opposite of a "misanthrope".[/nq]
Philanthrope?

Katy Jennison
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spake thusly:
[nq:1]What is it? It occured to me today that I was having a moment in which I felt the opposite of a "misanthrope".[/nq]
Philanthropist? Altruist? Humanitarian?

David
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[nq:1]spake thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]What is it? It occured to me today that I was having a moment in which I felt the opposite of a "misanthrope".[/nq]
[nq:1]Philanthropist?[/nq]
That's the one for me. (I gave the question a bit of thought, but gave up since that word refused to come to mind.)
Strictly speaking, should the antonym not be "philanthrope"?

Cheers, Harvey
Canad

[nq:1]On 03 Jun 2005, the Omrud wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]spake thusly: Philanthropist?[/nq]
[nq:1]That's the one for me. (I gave the question a bit of thought, but gave up since that word refused to come to mind.) Strictly speaking, should the antonym not be "philanthrope"?[/nq]
That's not a word which would ever spring to mind; philanthropist seems more natural.

David
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[nq:2]On 03 Jun 2005, the Omrud wrote That's the one ... to mind.) Strictly speaking, should the antonym not be "philanthrope"?[/nq]
[nq:1]That's not a word which would ever spring to mind; philanthropist seems more natural.[/nq]
Oh, no question: it does indeed which is why I qualified it with "strictly speaking".
(But an "ist" tends to describe "one who practices" rather than "one who

[nq:1]What is it? It occured to me today that I was having a moment in which I felt the opposite of a "misanthrope".[/nq]
Like-anthrope?

Ross Howard

My candidate:
Hit-the-mark anthrope.

[nq:1]My candidate: Hit-the-mark anthrope.[/nq]
Mr Anthrope?

Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
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Harvey Van Sickle filted:
[nq:1](But an "ist" tends to describe "one who practices" rather than "one who is", doncha' think?)[/nq]
So an "organist" is someone who practices "organism"?...r