Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Extreme dislike of, or aversion for, children.

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  • noun Hatred of children.

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  • noun hatred of children

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Examples

  • Perhaps many advocates of the political movement of abortion rights might personally share this comprehensive and hostile outlook towards other human beings, but that is irrelevant, because they have made a political argument not contingent upon acceptance of misandry or misopedia.

    Choice For Men: Do Feminists and Pro-Lifers Make The Same Argument? 2005

  • And one can easily claim that the pro-choice movement is mired in misandry and misopedia hatred of children, because the pro-choice movement has long implied that unborn children are unwanted, deadly parasites upon females that obstruct their autonomous careers and lifeplans and that each pregnancy is quasi-violative act of colonization by a male upon a female.

    Choice For Men: Do Feminists and Pro-Lifers Make The Same Argument? 2005

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  • misopedia – a severe dislike of children, esp. one's own

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    July 27, 2008