misandry

English

Etymology

Formed in the late 19th century as mis- (“hatred”) +‎ -andry (“men”) by analogy with misogyny; compare the Ancient Greek μισανδρία (misandría), from μισέω (miséō, “hate”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭsănʹdri, IPA^(key): /mɪˈsændɹi/

Noun

misandry (usually uncountable, plural misandries)

1. Hatred of or contempt for men.

Usage notes

• A related concept is androphobia, the fear of men, but not necessarily hatred of them.
• Sometimes confused with misanthropy (“hatred of humanity”).

Synonyms

• misandrism

Antonyms

• philandry (love of, or fondness for, men)
• misogyny (hatred of women)

Derived terms

• misandric
• misandrist

Translations

hatred of or prejudice against men

• Catalan: misàndria f
• Dutch: misandrie f
• Finnish: miesviha
• French: misandrie (fr) f
• Galician: misandria f
• German: Männerhass m, Männerfeindlichkeit f, Misandrie (de) f
• Hungarian: férfigyűlölet, mizandria
• Italian: misandria (it) f

• Polish: mizoandria (pl)
• Portuguese: misandria (pt) f
• Romanian: misandrie (ro) f
• Russian: мужененави́стничество (ru) n (muženenavístničestvo), миза́ндрия (ru) f (mizándrija)
• Spanish: misandria (es) f
• Swedish: manshat n
• Volapük: manihet

See also

• androphobia

References

• “misandry, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft entry; Mar. 2010]

Anagrams

• Minyards, dramyins