misogynist

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek μισογύνης (misogunēs), from μισέω (miseō, I hate) + γυνή (gynē, woman).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /mɪˈsɒdʒ.ən.ɪst/
  • (US) IPA: /mɪˈsɑdʒ.ən.ɪst/

Noun [edit]

misogynist (plural misogynists)

  1. One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
    Confound all women, I say, muttered the young misogynist.[1]
  2. One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Thackeray, William Makepeace (1878). The Virginians.