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Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.
Andrea Dworkin

Meaning of "misogyny" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MISOGYNY

From Greek, from miso- + gunē woman.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MISOGYNY

misogyny  [mɪˈsɒdʒɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISOGYNY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misogyny is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISOGYNY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

misogyny

Misogyny

Misogyny /mɪˈsɒdʒɪni/ is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women. Misogyny has been characterised as a prominent feature of the mythologies of the ancient world as well as of various religions. In addition, many influential Western philosophers have been described as misogynistic. The counterpart of misogyny is misandry, the hatred or dislike of men; the antonym of misogyny is philogyny, the love or fondness of women.

Definition of misogyny in the English dictionary

The definition of misogyny in the dictionary is hatred of women.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISOGYNY


androgyny
ænˈdrɒdʒɪnɪ
anthropogeny
ˌænθrəˈpɒdʒɪnɪ
dynamogeny
ˌdaɪnəˈmɒdʒɪnɪ
embryogeny
ˌɛmbrɪˈɒdʒɪnɪ
epirogeny
ˌɛpaɪˈrɒdʒɪnɪ
ethnogeny
ɛθˈnɒdʒɪnɪ
gametogeny
ˌɡæmɪˈtɒdʒɪnɪ
homogeny
hɒˈmɒdʒɪnɪ
isogeny
aɪˈsɒdʒɪnɪ
metallogeny
ˌmetəˈlɒdʒɪnɪ
orogeny
ɒˈrɒdʒɪnɪ
pathogeny
pəˈθɒdʒɪnɪ
phylogeny
faɪˈlɒdʒɪnɪ
progeny
ˈprɒdʒɪnɪ
proterogyny
ˌprəʊtəˈrɒdʒɪnɪ
protogyny
prəʊˈtɒdʒɪnɪ
spermatogeny
ˌspɜːməˈtɒdʒɪnɪ
sporogeny
spɔːˈrɒdʒɪnɪ
thaumatogeny
ˌθɔːməˈtɒdʒɪnɪ
xenogeny
zɛˈnɒdʒɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISOGYNY

misobservance
misobserve
misocapnic
misoclere
misogamic
misogamist
misogamy
misogynic
misogynist
misogynistic
misogynistical
misogynous
misologist
misology
misoneism
misoneist
misoneistic
misorder
misorient
misorientation

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISOGYNY

Anthony
any
company
ebony
epigyny
funny
Germany
gyny
hologyny
horny
hypogyny
johnny
many
perigyny
philogyny
polygyny
skinny
sunny
tiny
tony

Synonyms and antonyms of misogyny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misogyny» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISOGYNY

Find out the translation of misogyny to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misogyny from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misogyny» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厌女症
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

misoginia
570 millions of speakers

English

misogyny
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्री जाति से द्वेष
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كراهية النساء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

женоненавистничество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

misoginia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ত্রী-বিদ্বেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

misogynie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Misogyny
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Misogynie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

女嫌い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혐오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misogyny
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh ghét đàn bà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண் வெறுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्व्यवहार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kadın düşmanlığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misoginia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

misogyny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

женоненависництво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

misoginism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισογυνισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrouwenhating
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvinnohat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kvinnehat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misogyny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISOGYNY»

The term «misogyny» is regularly used and occupies the 55.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISOGYNY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misogyny» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misogyny» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misogyny

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7 QUOTES WITH «MISOGYNY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misogyny.
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Andrea Dworkin
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.
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Michael Eric Dyson
When you see the misogyny of hip-hop, it's so horrible, it's so putrid, it's so, you know, odious, that we know, we smell, we see it. The misogyny that is reified, that is reinforced, that is subtly reproduced in corporate America or in church life or in synagogues and temples and the like, is sometimes more subtly dealt with.
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Callie Khouri
I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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Julie Klausner
The modern model of misogyny has to do with marginalizing people who are sexual and thinking of them as dumb, or not serious, or not cool or tweedy enough to take seriously, for fear of seeming like one of the guys from 'Jersey Shore.' The sex is so much more present in sexism than, I think, ever before.
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Bill Maher
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest.
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Patton Oswalt
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'
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Gene Robinson
The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISOGYNY»

Discover the use of misogyny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misogyny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Brief History of Misogyny
In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout ...
Jack Holland, 2012
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Misogyny: The Male Malady
Misogyny, David D. Gilmore suggests, is best described as a male malady, as it has always been a characteristic shared by human societies throughout the world.
David D. Gilmore, 2011
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Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love
In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are.
R. Howard Bloch, 2009
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The Misogyny Factor
In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website.
Anne Summers, 2013
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Misogyny: the world's oldest prejudice
An international survey of historical and contemporary attitudes toward women cites the roles played by such factors as radical religion, war, and disease while explaining how witch hunts, Nazism, pro-life campaigns, and other practices ...
Jack Holland, 2006
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Misogyny, Cultural Nihilism & Oppositional Politics: ...
Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese ...
Tonglin Lu, 1995
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Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early ...
In Holy Misogyny, bible scholar April DeConick wants real answers to the questions that are rarely whispered from the pulpits of the contemporary Christian churches.
April D. DeConick, 2011
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Misogyny, Misandry, and Misanthropy
These essays, originally comprising an issue of Representations, explore the relation between gender, eroticism, and violence through close analysis of a range of both high and popular cultural forms, from R. Howard Bloch on medieval ...
R. Howard Bloch, Frances Ferguson, 1987
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Little Tales of Misogyny
This work attesets to Highsmith's reputation as "the poet of apprehension" (Graham Greene).
Patricia Highsmith, 2002
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Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition: A Reader
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Beverley Clack, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISOGYNY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misogyny is used in the context of the following news items.
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Orthodox religion's misogyny
That the woman in his little playact was Hazrat Aisha bint Abu Bakr, the misogyny which is ubiquitous in religious seminaries, mosques and ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
2
Overcoming the Misogyny of Tisha B'Av
Tisha B'Av traditionally commemorates the destructions of the first (586 BCE) and second temples (69 CE) as well as a host of other tragic ... «Forward, Jul 15»
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Egyptian-American Feminist Lifts the Veil on Misogyny in the Arab …
On April 23, 2012, in the midst of the Arab Spring, Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian-born journalist, published an article in Foreign Policy magazine ... «Forward, Jul 15»
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Dear Junaid Jamshed, Google 'misogyny', and then stay away from …
Try to think about all the women who work in patriarchal societies out of financial need or personal development or maybe, just maybe, they ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
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Symbols of misogyny abound
We have all seen this stuff and most of us, including most men, consider it symptomatic of an utterly low-minded, ignorant misogyny. Ultimately ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
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London rents crisis: Structural inequality and misogyny is fuelling …
"I am looking for a slutty girl who wants to stay rent free in Central London at my house in exchange for no strings attached," one Craigslist ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
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Reddit Makes Cosmetic Changes, Keeps The Racism And Misogyny
“Content that is difficult to define, but you know it when you see it, is the content that violates a common sense of decency. This classification will ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
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Julia Gillard photographed in London
... smirking Tony Abbott (at the time, Liberal party opposition leader, but today PM), Gillard said, “If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in ... «The Times, Jul 15»
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Big oil? Misogyny? Suspicious funding? May tweets theories about …
Misogyny? Suspicious funding? May tweets theories about exclusion from debates. By BJ Siekierski and Deane McRobie | Jul 16, 2015 4:11 ... «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»
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#WhiteGirlsDoItBetter Is What Happens When Misogyny Meets Racism
On Friday, the hashtag "#whitegirlsdoitbetter" began trending on Twitter. Active since as early as 2013 and initially associated with porn ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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