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From man + hater. Compare Old English mannhata (“man-hater”).
Noun
manhater (plural manhaters)
- One who hates mankind; a misanthrope.
- One who hates men or the male sex; a misandrist.
2011, Joseph Lowe, Losers and Winners on the Unknown Road to an Unpredictable Destiny:From past experiences it seems that 99% of man hating women consider themselves feminists, but few feminists consider themselves manhaters.
2013, Christina Scharff, Repudiating Feminism (Epub) Young Women in a Neoliberal World:Julia has to make various disclaimers (feminism does not always imply lesbianism and vice-versa; she is a lesbian 'but' not a manhater) before occupying a pro-feminist stance.
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