misogynist

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UK/mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/US/mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/

noun

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

Opposite
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Meanings

nounmisogynist (plural misogynists)

plural misogynists

  1. One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

    "Confound all women, I say!" muttered the young misogynist.

    1857–1858, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume I, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858, →OCLC, page 327
    2 more examples

    Job, like myself, is a bit of a misogynist - I fancy chiefly owing to the fact of his having been one of a family of seventeen - and the feelings expressed upon his countenance when he realised that he was not only being embraced publicly, and without authorisation on his own part, but also in the presence of his masters, were too mixed and painful to admit of accurate description.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

    To combat perceived misrepresentation, incels attempt to distinguish themselves both from violent misogynists and from right-wing extremists.

    2023 January 28, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 14
  2. One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.
adjectivemisogynist (comparative more misogynist, superlative most misogynist)

comparative more misogynist · superlative most misogynist

  1. Misogynistic; relating to or exhibiting misogyny.

    Authors push back against criticism by formulating a boundary so contributors can be viewed as serious, rational individuals, rather than misogynist extremists.

    2023 January 28, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 14

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

nouna misanthrope who dislikes women in particular

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμῑσογύνης
  2. Englishmisogynist

From Ancient Greek μῑσογύνης (mīsogúnēs), from μῑσέω (mīséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”), equivalent to misogyny + -ist.

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Translations

Ancient Greek μισογύνης
  • μισογύνης (misogúnēs)hater of women
Bulgarian женомра́зец
  • женомра́зец (ženomrázec)hater of women
Catalan misogin, misògina
  • misoginhater of women
  • misòginahater of women
  • masclistahater of women
Chinese Mandarin 憎恨女人的人, 厭惡女人的人 /厌恶女人的人
  • 憎恨女人的人 (zēnghèn nǚrén de rén)hater of women
  • 厭惡女人的人 /厌恶女人的人 (yànwù nǚrén de rén)hater of women
  • 厭惡女人者 /厌恶女人者 (yànwùnǚrénzhě)hater of women
Czech misogyn
  • misogynhater of women
Danish kvindehader, misogyn
  • kvindehaderhater of women
  • misogynhater of women
Dutch vrouwenhater, misogyn
  • vrouwenhaterhater of women
  • misogynhater of women
Esperanto mizogino
  • mizoginohater of women
Estonian naistevihkaja, misogüün
  • naistevihkajahater of women
  • misogüünhater of women
Finnish naisvihaaja, naistenvihaaja
  • naisvihaajahater of women
  • naistenvihaajahater of women
  • misogyynihater of women
French misogyne
  • misogynehater of women
German Frauenhasser, Frauenhasserin
  • Frauenhasserhater of women
  • Frauenhasserinhater of women
  • Frauenfeindhater of women
  • Frauenfeindinhater of women
  • Misogynhater of women
Greek μισογύνης
  • μισογύνης (misogýnis)hater of women
Hindi स्त्रीद्वेषी
  • स्त्रीद्वेषी (strīdveṣī)hater of women
Hungarian nőgyűlölő
  • nőgyűlölőhater of women
Icelandic kvenhatari
  • kvenhatarihater of women
Indonesian misoginis
  • misoginishater of women
Irish fuathaitheoir ban
  • fuathaitheoir banhater of women
Italian misogino
  • misoginohater of women
Japanese 女嫌い, ミソジニスト
  • 女嫌い (onnagirai)hater of women
  • ミソジニスト (misojinisuto)hater of women
Korean 여성혐오자, 여자를 혐오하는 남자
  • 여성혐오자 (yeoseonghyeomoja)hater of women
  • 여자를 혐오하는 남자 (yeoja-reul hyeomohaneun namja)hater of women
Latvian misogīnists, mizogīns
  • misogīnistshater of women
  • mizogīnshater of women
Lithuanian mizoginas
  • mizoginashater of women
Malay misoginis
  • misoginishater of women
Norwegian Bokmål kvinnehater, misogyn
  • kvinnehaterhater of women
  • misogynhater of women
Polish mizoginista, mizogin
  • mizoginistahater of women
  • mizoginhater of women
Portuguese misógino, misógina
  • misóginohater of women
  • misóginahater of women
Romanian misogin, misogină
  • misoginhater of women
  • misoginăhater of women
Russian женоненави́стник, мизогини́ст
  • женоненави́стник (ženonenavístnik)hater of women
  • мизогини́ст (mizoginíst)hater of women
  • женофо́б (ženofób)hater of women
  • мизоги́н (mizogín)hater of women
Slovak mizogýn
  • mizogýnhater of women
Spanish misógino, misógina
  • misóginohater of women
  • misóginahater of women
Swedish kvinnohatare, misogyn
  • kvinnohatarehater of women
  • misogynhater of women
Thai ผู้ไม่ชอบผู้หญิง
  • ผู้ไม่ชอบผู้หญิง (pûu mâi chɔ̂ɔp pûu-yǐng)hater of women
Turkish kadın düşmanı
  • kadın düşmanıhater of women
Ukrainian жінконенави́сник, женоненави́сник
  • жінконенави́сник (žinkonenavýsnyk)hater of women
  • женоненави́сник (ženonenavýsnyk)hater of women
Vietnamese người ghét phụ nữ
  • người ghét phụ nữhater of women
Cite this entry
APA

misogynist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misogynist

MLA

“misogynist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misogynist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misogynist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misogynist.

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