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Princeton's WordNet

  1. misogynous, misogynisticadjective

    hating women in particular

Wiktionary

  1. misogynisticadjective

    of, or relating to misogyny, the hatred of, or pathological aversion to women

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  1. misogynistic

    Misogyny () is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women. It is a form of sexism that is used to keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining the societal roles of patriarchy. Misogyny has been widely practiced for thousands of years. It is reflected in art, literature, human societal structure, historical events, mythology, philosophy, and religion worldwide. An example of misogyny is violence against women, which includes domestic violence and, in its most extreme forms, misogynist terrorism and femicide. Misogyny also often operates through sexual harassment, coercion, and psychological techniques aimed at controlling women, and by legally or socially excluding women from full citizenship. In some cases, misogyny rewards women for accepting an inferior status. Misogyny can be understood both as an attitude held by individuals, primarily by men, and as a widespread cultural custom or system. Sometimes misogyny manifests in obvious and bold ways; other times it is more subtle or disguised in ways that provide plausible deniability. In feminist thought, misogyny also includes the rejection of feminine qualities. It holds in contempt institutions, work, hobbies, or habits associated with women. It rejects any aspects of men that are seen as feminine or unmanly. Misogyny may or may not include hate towards LGBT people, in the forms of homophobia and transmisogyny. Racism and other prejudices may reinforce and overlap with misogyny. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the English word "misogyny" was coined in the middle of the 17th century from the Greek misos ‘hatred’ + gunē ‘woman’. The word was rarely used until it was popularised by second-wave feminism in the 1970s.

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  1. misogynistic

    Misogynistic refers to a deeply ingrained prejudice against women or a hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women. It often manifests in discrimination, violence, or other prejudicial behaviors towards women solely on the basis of their gender.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misogynistic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misogynistic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of misogynistic in a Sentence

  1. Maria Sarungi Tsehai:

    This kind of soundbite from the president of the country, especially one who's a woman is easily pounced upon by sexist and misogynistic people.

  2. Susan Sarandon:

    I got from Hillary people ‘I hope your crotch is grabbed,’ ‘I hope you’re raped.’ Misogynistic attacks. Recently, I said ‘I stand with Dreamers and that started another wave, from the left! ‘How dare you! You who are responsible for this!’.

  3. Fran Thompson:

    Hooters is misogynistic and outdated, i don’t want my brand tarnished or associated with it. When we tell people where we are, we don’t want to say we are the headhunters above Hooters, especially as we work with a lot of women.

  4. Liora Rez:

    By having his anti-Semitic history and his current hatred that he so easily spews towards Jews. I don't think there's a person in America that right now wouldn't equate Farrakhan with anti-Semitic bigotry, homophobic bigotry, misogynistic bigotry.

  5. Tom Rochon:

    In general, the college cannot prevent the use of hurtful language on campus. Such language, intentional or unintentional, exists in the world and will seep into our community, we can't promise that the college will never host a speaker who could say something racist, homophobic, misogynistic or otherwise disrespectful.

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