μισογυνία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῑσόγῠνος (mīsógŭnos, hating women) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from μῖσος (mîsos, hatred) + γυνή (gunḗ, woman).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῑσογῠνῐ́ᾱ (mīsogŭnĭ́āf (genitive μῑσογῠνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. hatred of women, misogyny

Inflection

Descendants

  • Catalan: misogínia
  • English: misogyny
  • French: misogynie

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