misogynist
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek μισογύνης (misogunēs), from μισέω (miseō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gynē, “woman”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
misogynist (plural misogynists)
- One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
- Confound all women, I say, muttered the young misogynist.[1]
- One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.
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Translations [edit]
hater of women
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References [edit]
- ^ Thackeray, William Makepeace (1878). The Virginians.