misogynist

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μισογύνης (misogúnēs), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”), equivalent to misogyny +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/
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Noun

misogynist (plural misogynists)

  1. One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
    • 1857–1858, W M Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume I, London: Bradbury & Evans, , published 1858, →OCLC, page 327:
      "Confound all women, I say!" muttered the young misogynist.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      Job, like myself, is a bit of a misogynist - I fancy chiefly owing to the fact of his having been one of a family of seventeen - and the feelings expressed upon his countenance when he realised that he was not only being embraced publicly, and without authorisation on his own part, but also in the presence of his masters, were too mixed and painful to admit of accurate description.
    • 2023 January, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue‎, page 14:
      To combat perceived misrepresentation, incels attempt to distinguish themselves both from violent misogynists and from right-wing extremists.
  2. One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.

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Adjective

misogynist (comparative more misogynist, superlative most misogynist)

  1. Misogynistic; relating to or exhibiting misogyny.
    • 2023 January, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue‎, page 14:
      Authors push back against criticism by formulating a boundary so contributors can be viewed as serious, rational individuals, rather than misogynist extremists.

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