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/
• enPR: mĭsʹəndri, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsəndɹi/

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Noun

misandry (usually uncountable, plural misandries)

1. Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men.

   Synonym: misandrism

   Antonym: philandry

   • 2014 May 26, Steve Almasy and Haimy Assefa, “California killer’s misogynist rants inspire #YesAllWomen”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “But this is a big issue. This boy was a product of this culture. And I think to talk about the culture is not misandry (the hatred of males), it’s not wrong and we do need to talk about it. If we want to know how to end this kind of violence we need to address the culture that created this kind of violence.

   • 2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship:

     The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

• misogyny (hatred of women)

Derived terms

• misandric
• misandrist
• transmisandry

Translations

hatred of or prejudice against men

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: мужчынаненавісніцтва n (mužčynanjenavisnictva), мізандрыя f (mizandryja)
• Catalan: misàndria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厭男 / 厌男 (yànnán)

• Czech: misandrie f
• Dutch: misandrie (nl) f
• Esperanto: mizandreco
• Finnish: miesviha (fi), misandria (fi)
• French: misandrie (fr) f
• Galician: misandria (gl) f
• Georgian: მიზანდრია (mizandria), კაცების სიძულვილი (ḳacebis siʒulvili), მამაკაცთმოძულეობა (mamaḳactmoʒuleoba)
• German: Männerhass m, Männerfeindlichkeit f, Misandrie (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: μισανδρία f (misandría)

• Hawaiian: hoʻokae kāne
• Hungarian: férfigyűlölet (hu), mizandria
• Italian: misandria (it) f
• Japanese: 男嫌い (otokogirai)
• Polish: mizoandria (pl)
• Portuguese: misandria (pt) f
• Romanian: misandrie (ro) f
• Russian: мужененави́стничество (ru) n (muženenavístničestvo), миза́ндрия (ru) f (mizándrija)
• Spanish: misandria (es) f, hembrismo (es) m
• Swedish: manshat (sv) n, misandri (sv) c
• Turkish: erkek düşmanlığı,
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: manihet

References

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

Anagrams

• Minyards, dramyins