misogyny
Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against womenHatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
» Human rights violations, misogyny and exclusion are widespread and systematic.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
Frauenhass, Frauenfeindlichkeit, Misogynie
женоненави́стничествоženonenavístničestvo, мизогини́яmizoginíja
женоненави́сництвоženonenavýsnyctvo, жінконенави́сництвоžinkonenavýsnyctvo, мізогіні́яmizohiníja
hatred of women
Examples
6 sentencesHuman rights violations, misogyny and exclusion are widespread and systematic.
Their misogyny is disgusting.
Due to its intersection with misogyny, transphobia casts trans men as victims and trans women as predators.
The level of unbridled misogyny at the barbershop made me feel as if I had stepped back in time.
ruУровень необузданного женоненавистничества в парикмахерской заставил меня почувствовать, как будто я переместился назад во времени.
What are conservatives so interested in conserving? Misogyny, racism, and heterosexism.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía) and μισογύνης (misogúnēs, “woman hater”), from μιFrom Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía) and μισογύνης (misogúnēs, “woman hater”), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”). By surface analysis, miso- + -gyny.
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Forms
plural: misogynies| Singular | misogyny |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- hatred of women:misogynism
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable