misogyny

Pronunciation: /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun hatred of women

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

misogynism

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
hate
Opposite (antonyms)
philogyny

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