misogyny
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misogyny
- /mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ UK
- /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ US
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía) and μισογύνης (misogúnēs, “woman hater”), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”). By surface analysis, miso- + -gyny.
noun misogynies
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Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
Although she argues against a simplistic conflation of types of prejudice, she suggests that misogyny is typically present in both narcissistic and obsessive forms of anti-Semitic prejudice.
Similar: misogynism
Opposite: philogyny
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: misogynism, transmisogyny, womanhating, mysogynism, misogynoir, misogamy, anti-misogyny, misandric, mysogynist, transmisogynoir, woman-hater, misandrism, misandrist, womanhater, misopedia, manhating
noun
Opposite: philogyny
Translations
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noun hatred or contempt for women
| Español | misoginia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여성혐오 yeoseonghyeomo |
| 日本語 | 女嫌い onnagirai, ミソジニー misojinī, 女性嫌悪 josei ken'o |
| 中文 | 女性貶抑 /女性贬抑 nǚxìng biǎnyì, 厭女 /厌女 yànnǚ, 仇女 chóunǚ |
| हिन्दी | स्त्रीद्वेष strīdveṣ, नारीद्वेष nārīdveṣ |
| Português | misoginia |
| Français | misogynie |
| Deutsch | Frauenhass, Frauenfeindlichkeit, Misogynie, Weiberhass |
| Italiano | misoginia |
| Ελληνικά | μισογυνία misogynía, μισογυνισμός misogynismós |
| Română | misoginie |
| Русский | женоненави́стничество ženonenavístničestvo, мизогини́я mizoginíja |
| العربية | كُرْه النِّسَاء kurh an-nisāʔ |
| עברית | מִיזוֹגִינְיָה, מִיזוֹגֶנְיָה mizogénya |
Talk about this word "misogyny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/misogyny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. misogyny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/misogyny "misogyny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/misogyny.Cite this
@misc{misogyny_2026,
title = {misogyny},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misogyny},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
