antiwoman

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adjective

Opposed to women.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveantiwoman (comparative more antiwoman, superlative most antiwoman)

comparative more antiwoman · superlative most antiwoman

  1. Opposed to women.

    That Megawati Sukarnoputri has been labeled an antiwoman president has little to do with religion. Among other things, she voted not to ratify a provision that 30 percent of people voted to parliament should be women.

    2010, Anne Rasmussen, Women, the Recited Qur’an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia, page 271

    Synonyms: gynophobic, male chauvinist, misogynistic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpposed to women.

Also see

Origin

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  4. Old Englishwīf
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  6. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  8. Old Englishmann
  9. Old Englishwīfmann
  10. Middle Englishwomman
  11. Englishwoman
  12. Englishantiwoman

From anti- + woman.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French antifemme
  • antifemmeopposed to women
Portuguese antimulheres, antimulher
  • antimulheresopposed to women
  • antimulheropposed to women
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APA

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MLA

“antiwoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwoman. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiwoman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwoman.

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