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mi·sog·y·ny    Audio Help   [mi-soj-uh-nee, mahy-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.
Compare misandry.


[Origin: 1650–60; < NL misogynia. See miso-, gyn-, -y3]

mi·sog·y·nic, mi·sog·y·nous, mi·sog·y·nis·tic, adjective
mi·sog·y·nist, noun
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mi·sog·y·ny    Audio Help   (mĭ-sŏj'ə-nē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Hatred of women: "Every organized patriarchal religion works overtime to contribute its own brand of misogyny" (Robin Morgan).


[Greek mīsoguniā : mīso-, miso- + gunē, woman; see -gyny.]

mis'o·gyn'ic (mĭs'ə-jĭn'ĭk, -gī'nĭk) adj.
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misogyny 
1656, from Gk. misogynia, from misogynes "woman-hater," from miso-, comb. form of misos "hatred" (from misein "to hate") + gyne "woman" (see queen). Misogynist is first recorded 1620.

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misogyny

noun
hatred of women [ant: philogyny

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Misogyny

Mi*sog"y*ny\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. misogynie.] Hatred of women. --Johnson.
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