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misogyny

noun

  1. hatred or dislike of women or girls
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ / /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/

noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía) and μισογύνης (misogúnēs, “woman hater”), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”). By surface analysis, miso- + -gyny.

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

    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.

    His misogyny, like that of his predecessors, is more than prejudice; […]