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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Hatred of women.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Hatred of women.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Hatred of women. Contrast misandry.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. hatred of women

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunia) and μισογύνης (misogunēs, "woman hater"), from μισέω (miseō, "I hate") + γυνή (gunē, "woman"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek mīsoguniā : mīso-, miso- + gunē, woman; see -gyny. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby wth? May 8, 2009

  • chained_bear "'It is my belief, brother, that your misogyny is largely theoretical.'"
    --O'Brian, The Truelove, 50 Mar 10, 2008

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