misogyny

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /mɪˈsɒdʒ.ɪ.ni/
• (America) IPA: /mɪˈsɑdʒ.ɪ.ni/

Noun

misogyny (uncountable)

1. Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
   • 1999, Joanne Marie Greer, David O. Moberg, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion ISBN 0762304839, page 29:

     Although she argues against a simplistic conflation of types of prejudice, she suggests that misogyny is typically present in both narcissistic and obsessive forms of anti-Semitic prejudice.

   • 2006, Jack Holland, Misogyny: the world's oldest prejudice ISBN 0786718234

Synonyms

• misogynism

Antonyms

• philogyny (love of, or fondness for, women)
• misandry (hatred of men)

Translations

• French: misogynie
• German: Frauenhass, Frauenfeindlichkeit, Misogynie, Weiberhass
• Italian: misoginia
• Portuguese: misoginia
• Russian: женоненави́стничество
• Spanish: misoginia

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