misogynist

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.
   • 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] 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[enry] 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.

2. One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.

Synonyms

• misogyne (rare)
• woman hater, woman-hater, womanhater

Antonyms

• philogynist

Derived terms

• anti-misogynist
• neo-misogynist
• trans-misogynist

 

Related terms

• misandrist

Translations

hater of women

• Albanian: mizogjen m, mizogjin m
• Armenian: կնատյաց (hy) (knatyacʻ)
• Belarusian: жананенаві́снік m (žananjenavísnik)
• Bulgarian: женомра́зец m (ženomrázec)
• Catalan: misogin (ca) m, misògina (ca) f, masclista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憎恨女人的人 (zēnghèn nǚrén de rén), 厭惡女人的人／厌恶女人的人 (yànwù nǚrén de rén), 厭惡女人者／厌恶女人者 (yànwùnǚrénzhě) (bookish)

• Czech: misogyn (cs) m
• Danish: kvindehader c, misogyn (da)
• Dutch: vrouwenhater (nl) m, misogyn (nl) m
• Esperanto: mizogino
• Estonian: naistevihkaja, misogüün
• Finnish: naisvihaaja (fi), naistenvihaaja (fi), misogyyni (fi)
• French: misogyne (fr) m or f
• Galician: misóxino m, misóxina f
• Georgian: ქალთმოძულე (kaltmoʒule)
• German: Frauenhasser (de) m, Frauenhasserin (de) f, Frauenfeind (de) m, Frauenfeindin (de) f, Misogyn (de) m
• Greek: μισογύνης (el) m (misogýnis)

  Ancient: μισογύνης m (misogúnēs)

• Hungarian: nőgyűlölő (hu)
• Icelandic: kvenhatari m
• Ido: hominodianto
• Irish: fuathaitheoir ban m
• Italian: misogino (it) m
• Japanese: 女嫌い (おんなぎらい, onnagirai), ミソジニスト (misojinisuto)
• Korean: 여성혐오자(女性嫌惡者) (yeoseonghyeomoja), 여자를 혐오하는 남자 (yeoja-reul hyeomohaneun namja)
• Latvian: misogīnists m, mizogīns m
• Lithuanian: mizoginas m
• Macedonian: жено́мразец m (ženómrazec)
• Norman: haîsseux d'femmes m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvinnehater m, misogyn m

  Nynorsk: kvinnehatar m, misogyn m

• Polish: mizoginista m, mizogin (pl) m
• Portuguese: misógino (pt) m, misógina f
• Romanian: misogin (ro) m
• Russian: женоненави́стник (ru) m (ženonenavístnik), мизогини́ст (ru) m (mizoginíst), женофо́б (ru) m (ženofób), мизоги́н (ru) m (mizogín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: женомр́зац m

  Roman: ženomŕzac (sh) m

• Slovak: mizogýn m
• Slovene: ženskomrznež m
• Spanish: misógino (es) m, misógina (es) f
• Swedish: kvinnohatare c, misogyn (sv) c
• Thai: ผู้ไม่ชอบผู้หญิง (pûu mâi chɔ̂ɔp pûu-yǐng)
• Turkish: kadın düşmanı
• Ukrainian: жінконенави́сник m (žinkonenavýsnyk), женоненави́сник m (ženonenavýsnyk)
• Vietnamese: người ghét phụ nữ
• Volapük: (♂♀) vomihetan, (♂) vomihihetan, (♀) vomijihetan

Adjective

misogynist (comparative more misogynist, superlative most misogynist)

1. Misogynistic: relating to or exhibiting misogyny.

Translations

misogynistic — see misogynistic