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misogamy

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  1. uncountable Hatred of or opposition to marriage Misogamy flourished in twelfth-century clerical culture, and there's no shortage of ideas about wives that the author of Sawles Warde could have drawn on, from Peter Abelard, Walter Map, John of Salisbury, and Hugh of Folietto all of whom wrote treatises denigrating the value of marriage.

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noun Hatred of or opposition to marriage

日本語厭婚 enkon
Portuguêsmisogamia

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@misc{misogamy_2026,
  title = {misogamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misogamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}