misandric

English

Etymology

From misandry +‎ -ic.

Adjective

misandric (comparative more misandric, superlative most misandric)

1. Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.

Synonyms

• misandristic
• misandrist
• misandrous

Coordinate terms

• misogynic

Translations

of, relating to, or exhibiting misandry

• Esperanto: mizandra
• French: misandre (fr) m or f
• Galician: misándrico m, misándrica f
• German: männerfeindlich, männerverachtend, misandrisch (de)
• Italian: misandrico m, misandrica f
• Portuguese: misândrico (pt) m, misândrica f
• Spanish: misándrico
• Swedish: misandrisk (sv)

Noun

misandric (plural misandrics)

1. (rare) One who professes misandry; a hater of men, or one prejudiced against men.
   • 2001, Paul Nathanson, Katherine K. Young, Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture‎^[1], page 277:

     Sentimental misandrics, for example, focus attention on the warm and cosy features of womanhood, contrasting them pointedly with the sinister and threatening features of manhood.

   • 2018 April, Vartikka Kaul, “Of goddesses and women: Towards a super-empowered female hero”, in Studies in South Asian Film & Media, volume 9, number 1:

     By turning Shakti into an odd misandric, the patriarchal order is maintained as her field of action is limited to only women in distress.

   • 2019 October 30, “In a world of her own”, in Orissa Post:

     However, expressing anguish over crime against women and being a misandric are two different things.

Synonyms

• misandrist

Translations

misandrist — see misandrist

See also

• misogynistic
• misanthropic

Further reading

• misandric, misandristic, misandrous, man-hating at Google Ngram Viewer