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misogyny

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mi⋅sog⋅y⋅ny

[mi-soj-uh-nee, mahy-]
–noun
hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.
Compare misandry.


Origin:
1650–60; < NL misogynia. See miso-, gyn-, -y 3


mi⋅sog⋅y⋅nic, mi⋅sog⋅y⋅nous, mi⋅sog⋅y⋅nis⋅tic, adjective
mi⋅sog⋅y⋅nist, noun
mi·sog·y·ny   (mĭ-sŏj'ə-nē)   
n.  Hatred of women.

[Greek mīsoguniā : mīso-, miso- + gunē, woman; see -gyny.]
mis'o·gyn'ic (mĭs'ə-jĭn'ĭk, -gī'nĭk) adj.

Misogyny

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

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.

misogyny mi·sog·y·ny (mĭ-sŏj'ə-nē)
n.
Hatred of women.


mi·sog'y·nist n.
mi·sog'y·nis'tic adj.

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