Timonist

Etymology
, from the 5th-century BC person (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes). Used by in his Greene's Mourning Garment (1590). (Shakespeare's play  is usually estimated c. 1607 and would not have influenced Greene; however, some consider the play could be one of Shakespeare's earliest, and could then have been Greene's source.)

Noun

 * 1) A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like.
 * 2) * 1590,, Greene's Mourning Garment:
 * Yet was he not [...] such a Timonist, but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends. [sic]
 * 1) * 1988, Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism":
 *  Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.
 *  Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.

Translations

 * French: timoniste (regular), Timoniste (rare)

Adjective

 * 1) Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like.
 * 2) * 1988, Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions:
 * Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.

Translations

 * French: timoniste (regular), Timoniste (rare)