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misogynist

[ mi-soj-uh-nist, ��‑ ]

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noun

a person who hates, dislikes, or mistrusts women.
a person whose views are shaped by ingrained and institutionalized prejudice against women; a sexist:
a renowned playboy and misogynist—a poster child for sexism.

adjective

showing a hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women:
He faces federal hate crime charges for racist and misogynist rants.

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Other Word Forms

��·��ǲ�·��·�Ծ��·�پ�� [mi-soj-, uh, -, nis, -tik, ��‑] adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of misogynist¹

First recorded in 1620–30; misogyny ( def ), -ist ( def )

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There's the disturbingly popular "Fresh and Fit" podcast, whose dating "advice" is shockingly misogynist.

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Influencer and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate was named by a number of teachers in the poll.

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Guinevere had just done "Go Fish" and I’d just done "I Shot Andy Warhol" and I felt like together we would be very strong, because how could anyone tell us what is misogynist?

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But really, what he's doing is reiterating the misogynist fears driving the right-wing war on empathy.

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She is calling for a national ban, citing examples from another school where pupils set up an "Andrew Tate club", based on the self-styled misogynist, after consuming harmful content on social media.

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misogamy misogynistic

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