Meanings
comparative more antiwoman · superlative most antiwoman
- 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 271Synonyms: gynophobic, male chauvinist, misogynistic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOpposed to women.
Origin
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Germanic*wībą
- Proto-West Germanic*wīb
- Old Englishwīf
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Old Englishwīfmann
- Middle Englishwomman
- Englishwoman
- Englishantiwoman
Translations
French antifemme
- antifemmeopposed to women
Portuguese antimulheres, antimulher
- antimulheresopposed to women
- antimulheropposed to women
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antiwoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwoman
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