Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hating the female sex; woman-hating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hating women; having deep-seated distrust of women; -- used of men.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or exhibiting
misogyny ;misogynistic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective hating women in particular
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Examples
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No religious leaders or major religion or government would recommend or support such horrors, or display the kind of misogynous and weirdo-erotic elements as were found in the sexually repressed, male-dominated society of the 16th of 17th century Europe and America.
On the dangers of being a witch. Glenda Larke 2008
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No religious leaders or major religion or government would recommend or support such horrors, or display the kind of misogynous and weirdo-erotic elements as were found in the sexually repressed, male-dominated society of the 16th of 17th century Europe and America.
Archive 2008-02-01 Glenda Larke 2008
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The Taliban is, in fact, nothing but a cadre of misogynous thugs masquerading under the banner of militant Islam.
Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010
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I did not claim that there were no misogynous or unsavoury aspects to porn.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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Women were in the forefront of the uprising in the summer of 2009, when the Iranian youth called for unseating the misogynous clerics and establishment of democracy in Iran.
Soona Samsami: Women Will Lead to Bring Freedom to Iran and Middle East Soona Samsami 2011
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Alito proudly noted his membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, a now-defunct ultra-right group famous for misogynous opposition to women, open disdain for minorities on campus and overt bigotry against homosexuals.
Week's Funniest Joke: GOP Demands Obama Nominate Mainstream Candidate to Supreme Court 2010
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Ann o'D - it seems to me its always the righteous who are the most misogynous.
607 – media quickie Another Outspoken Female 2008
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It would be interesting to hear what the WLAO thought of the frequent misogynous postings on Lawbuzz.
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But Mel Gibson's misogynous racism is hardly aberrational.
Jackson Katz: Mel Gibson and a "Teachable Moment" About Rape in Celebrity Media Culture 2010
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In fact, in just one sentence (of the longer taped conversation) Gibson not only provided concrete evidence that two long-discredited and damaging rape myths still persist; but he also managed to demonstrate the misogynous anger that lies close to the ideological core of a rapist mentality, and to provide one example of the many intersections of sexism and racism.
Jackson Katz: Mel Gibson and a "Teachable Moment" About Rape in Celebrity Media Culture 2010
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