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misandry
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mis·an·dry
/
ˈmɪs
æn
dri
/
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[
mis
-an-dree
]
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noun
hatred of males.
Compare
misogyny
.
Origin:
1945–50;
mis-
2
+
-andry
(as in
polyandry
), on the model of
misogyny
Related forms
mis·an·drist,
noun
Can be confused:
misandry,
misanthropy
,
misogyny
.
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misandry
(ˈmɪsəndrɪ)
—
n
hatred of men
[C20: from Greek, from
miso-
+
-andria,
from
anēr
man]
mis'andrist
—
n
, —
adj
mis'androus
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
misandry
1946, from
miso-
"hatred" + andros "of man, male human being" (see
anthropo-
). Related: Misandrist.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Misandry
is also comparable with misanthropy which is the hatred of humanity generally.
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