Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Hatred or mistrust of men.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Man-hatred; a bad opinion of man, as being unfair or oppressive toward women.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Hatred of men. Contrast misogyny and cf. misandrist.

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  • noun The hatred of, pathological aversion to, or prejudice against men.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[miso– + Greek anēr, andr-, man (on the model of misogyny); see –andry.]

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Formed as mis- (“hatred”) + -andry (“men”) by analogy with misogyny; compare the Ancient Greek μισανδρία (misandria), from μισέω (miseō, "hate") + ἀνήρ (anēr, "man").

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