Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Hatred of marriage.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Hatred of marriage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Hatred of marriage.

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  • noun Hatred of or opposition to marriage

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hatred of marriage

Etymologies

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From miso- + -gamy.

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Examples

  • Obviously infected by misogyny (hatred of women) and misogamy (the propaganda against marriage) is the Hebrew maqama literature that flourished in the thirteenth century.

    Medieval Hebrew Literature: Portrayal of Women. 2009

  • HOWARD KURTZ, RELIABLE SOURCES: Coming up, Hillary Clinton fighting for political survival complains about sexism and misogamy in the media.

    CNN Transcript May 25, 2008 2008

  • So when you hear the words out of a rapper's mouth, suddenly now you recognize misogamy or that we're racist?

    CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2007 2007

  • So when you hear the words out of a rapper's mouth, suddenly now you recognize misogamy or that we're racist?

    CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2007 2007

  • Extreme poverty, high mortality rates related to malnutrition and childbirth; and a culture of misogamy are still bleak features of everyday life in Afghanistan.

    Reidblog [The Reid Report blog] 2009

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