Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Woman-hating; misogynous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective misogynous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women
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Examples
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Oh poor, poor little Michael: just spewing out his normal stupidities and Hillary Clinton hate, and suddenly being called misogynic and hateful.
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The series have been described as a sort of "anti-Narnia", as Pullman's attempt to write an updated variant of the kind of books C S Lewis, whom Pullman has criticized for having racist, misogynic and preaching tendencies, wanted to write.
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The series have been described as a sort of "anti-Narnia", as Pullman's attempt to write an updated variant of the kind of books C S Lewis, whom Pullman has criticized for having racist, misogynic and preaching tendencies, wanted to write.
I don't know if I should be insulted...or flattered! rabid1st 2009
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If you're worried that violent video games may make kids prone to bad behavior; if you think that misogynic and homophobic rap lyrics are dangerous to society; if you believe that a nipple in a Superbowl halftime show is a threat to our moral fabric - then surely you should also fear that the way public and media figures have framed political participation with shooting gallery imagery is just as potentially lethal.
Marty Kaplan: The "Lock and Load" Rhetoric of American Politics Isn't Just a Metaphor Marty Kaplan 2011
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If you're worried that violent video games may make kids prone to bad behavior; if you think that misogynic and homophobic rap lyrics are dangerous to society; if you believe that a nipple in a Superbowl halftime show is a threat to our moral fabric - then surely you should also fear that the way public and media figures have framed political participation with shooting gallery imagery is just as potentially lethal.
Marty Kaplan: The "Lock and Load" Rhetoric of American Politics Isn't Just a Metaphor Marty Kaplan 2011
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Notoriously misogynic and thoroughly misanthropic (due to gender and species xenophobia, respectfully), Palin-Drone prostitutes its own knocked-up 17-year-old spawn as anodyne for witless, anti-choice right-wingnuts.
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The misogynic contempt for women starts in the bible on page 1 and keeps going to the very end.
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It is sad and yet interesting to note that while the Abrahamic religions are often assailed over a perceived dismissal of women, there are plenty of misogynic attitudes in other religions, even Buddhism and Hinduism.
TEXAS FAITH: Do religions oppress women? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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When this election is over you can always recall with pride how you let yourself rot in your own misogynic hatred.
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Virginia Senator George Allen tried to make Dem Jim Webb's treatment of women a central issue in the campaign, attacking Webb on the stump and in ads for his allegedly misogynic fiction writings and his essays about the problems of having women in military academies.
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