misandrist

comparative more misandrist · superlative most misandrist

1. Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry; hating or prejudiced against men.

   Synonyms: manhating, misandristic, misandric, misandrous

plural misandrists

1. One who professes misandry; a hater of men.

   A misandrist hates all men, and a philandrist likes them.

   2000, David Macfarlane, Mail & guardian bedside book, 2000, page 46

   3 more examples

   We cannot, indeed, term her an absolute misandrist, as she fully admits the possibility, in most cases at least, of the reclamation of men from their naturally vicious and selfish state, though at the cost of so much trouble and vexation of spirit to women, that it is not quite clear whether she does not regard their existence as at best a mitigated evil.

   1871 April 1, “Blanche Seymour (book review)”, in F.C. Westley, editor, The Spectator, volume 44, number 2231, London, →ISSN, retrieved 17 Aug 2026, page 389

   Others support Harmange and Coffin, yet stop short of calling themselves misandrists.

   2021 January 10, Laura Cappelle, “With ‘I Hate Men,’ a French Feminist Touches a Nerve”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2021

   According to the LAist, Bartkus appeared to describe himself as being promortalist and misandrist on a website that surfaced after the bombing and could be heard in an audio recording saying, “Basically I’m anti-life. And IVF is like kind of the epitome of pro-life ideology.”

   2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025

   Synonyms: manhater, misandric, androphobe, antimasculinist, manhater · Antonyms: philandrist