misogynist

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μισογύνης (misogúnēs), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsɒdʒ.ən.ɪst/
• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsɑdʒ.ən.ɪst/

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Noun

misogynist (plural misogynists)

1. One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
   • 1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the last Century, vol. I of II, p. 327:

     "Confound all women, I say!" muttered the young misogynist.

2. One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.

Synonyms

• woman hater, woman-hater, womanhater

Antonyms

• philogynist

Related terms

• misandrist

Translations

hater of women

• Catalan: misogin (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憎恨女人的人 (zēnghèn nǚrén de rén), 厭惡女人的人／厌恶女人的人, 厌恶女人的人 (yànwù nǚrén de rén), 厭惡女人者／厌恶女人者, 厌恶女人者 (yànwùnǚrénzhě) (bookish)

• Czech: misogyn m
• Danish: kvindehader c, misogyn (da)
• Dutch: vrouwenhater (nl) m, misogyn (nl) m
• Esperanto: mizogino
• Estonian: naistevihkaja
• Finnish: naistenvihaaja (fi), misogyyni (fi)
• French: misogyne (fr) m or f
• Galician: misóxino m, misóxina f
• German: Frauenhasser (de) m, Frauenhasserin f, Frauenfeind m, Frauenfeindin f, Misogyn (de) m
• Greek: μισογύνης (el) m (misogýnis)

  Ancient: μισογύνης m (misogúnēs)

• Hungarian: nőgyűlölő (hu)
• Icelandic: kvenhatari m
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• Ido: hominodianto
• Irish: fuathaitheoir ban m
• Macedonian: женомразец m (ženomrazec)
• Norman: haîsseux d'femmes m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvinnehater m, misogyn m

  Nynorsk: kvinnehatar m, misogyn m

• Portuguese: misógino (pt) m, misógina f
• Russian: женоненави́стник (ru) m (ženonenavístnik), мизогини́ст (ru) m (mizoginíst), женофо́б (ru) m (ženofób)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: женомрзац m

  Roman: ženomrzac (sh) m

• Spanish: misógino (es) m, misógina (es) f
• Swedish: kvinnohatare c, misogyn (sv)
• Turkish: kadın düşmanı
• Volapük: (♂♀) vomihetan, (♂) vomihihetan, (♀) vomijihetan

Adjective

misogynist (comparative more misogynist, superlative most misogynist)

1. Misogynistic: relating to or exhibiting misogyny.

Translations

misogynistic — see misogynistic