misogynist

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noun

mi·​sog·​y·​nist mə-ˈsä-jə-nist 

plural misogynists

: a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person

These comments attempt to cut much deeper, striking women at what misogynists see as their most valuable characteristics: appearance, sexual purity, sweetness and submissiveness.

—Julie DiCaro

"Obviously, there are a lot of male firefighters in the agency who are pro-diversity, who want women on their crews and want women to get ahead. But there are enough misogynists who want to keep women out of the field and out of managerial positions."

—Lesa Donnelly

If it's easier for racists and misogynists to find each other online, it's also easier for people who have experienced racism and misogyny to seek each other out and find validation.

—Schuyler Velasco

misogynist

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adjective

: feeling, showing, or characterized by hatred of or prejudice against women : misogynistic

misogynist comments

misogynist thinking

But scratch the surface and it's easy to see that these two stories are deeply rooted in misogynist fears about allowing women access to the halls of power.

—Amanda Marcotte

Guests were more diverse in age, race, and gender than any self-selected collection of human beings I've ever seen. The cult of the self-centered, misogynist, white male nerd persists in many milieus, but I found no evidence of it at Con of Thrones.

—Kaitlyn Tiffany

Hence the growing unease as we turn to Boccaccio's later works. Why has the man become so poisonously misogynist?

—Tim Parks

… from the outset the boys' claim on the farm is so relentless and coldly misogynist that no possible kindness offered by Mrs. Cope could disarm their determination to have the whole place for themselves.

—Louise Westling

Examples of misogynist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Although he’s always been a divisive figure, the author is now seen less as a provocateur and more as an out-of-touch misogynist. —The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024

The Founding Fathers wanted to civilize a country made up of institutional racists, rabid misogynists and bible-thumping Christians who soon added myths of manly gunslingers and stalwart pioneers to the cultural identity. —Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024

Adjective

As others have noticed, the pendulum seems to be swinging back in the other direction, gaining speed since the misogynist circus that was Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard. —Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024

Cut for Time • Kirby — the racist, misogynist automobile at the center of the Grandpa’s Magic Car sketch — splits the difference between Disney’s Herbie and Stephen King’s Christine throughout, giving the King-like ending more punch. —Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1620, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1857, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

misogynist

noun

mi·​sog·​y·​nist

mə-ˈsäj-ə-nəst

: one who hates or distrusts women

misogyny

-ə-nē

noun

Medical Definition

misogynist

noun

mi·​sog·​y·​nist mə-ˈsäj-ə-nəst 

: a person who hates women compare misandrist

misogynist adjective

misogyny

mə-ˈsäj-ə-nē 

noun

plural misogynies