Etymology

misogynoir

mis·o·gy·noir
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Today it means: Contempt for, hatred of, or prejudice against black women. Full definition →

First used 2010French noir
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The story

  1. French · derived fromnoir“black”
  2. English todaymisogynoir

Blend of misogyny (“contempt for, hatred of, or prejudice against women”) + French noir (“black”), coined by the African-American feminist activist and scholar Moya Bailey and first published in a 2010 online essay: see the quotation below.

Words from the same roots

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noirtransmisogynoir

First known use, by meaning

  • from 2010 Contempt for, hatred of, or prejudice against black women.

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