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misogyny

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8 lettersPronunciation /mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/Part of speech nounSorted gimnosyyStarts with MEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. hatred of women

Word origin

From Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía) and μισογύνης (misogúnēs, “woman hater”), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”). By surface analysis, miso- + -gyny.

Used in a sentence

  • Although she argues against a simplistic conflation of types of prejudice, she suggests that misogyny is typically present in both narcissistic and obsessive forms of anti-Semitic prejudice.
  • His misogyny, like that of his predecessors, is more than prejudice; […]
  • […] a lonely straight male had no equivalently forgiving Theory of Masculinism to help him out of this bind, this key to all misogynies: […]

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