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

At this point, the discourse on X over whether Yang is a cruel misogynist is ongoing, inspiring a small wave of think pieces dissecting the sketch. —Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024

Meanwhile, female team members have a locker room discussion over whether or not Franks is a misogynist who deliberately passes them over for promotions. —Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024

Adjective

Villeneuve returned to feature films after nearly a decade away with a dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre, a 1989 incident in which a man driven by misogynist motivations and armed with an assault rifle killed 14 women and injured 14 of their fellow students at a Montreal university. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2024

And while the majority of visitors in even the most misogynist spaces don’t carry out harm, frequent internet use has been associated with loneliness, poor communication with family, and depression. —Gary Barker and Esta Soler, TIME, 14 Aug. 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