Meanings
comparative more misogynistic · superlative most misogynistic
- Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny.
Those who believe in the blackpill tend to adopt violently misogynistic beliefs about the nature of women, particularly with regard to their sexual behaviour.
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 52 more examples
Employers and universities are also very focused on maintaining a climate of civility and inclusiveness. This translates into a very low tolerance for speech that can be understood as racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, or otherwise intolerant.
2022, Jon M. Garon, Parenting for the Digital Generation, page 109This is arguably linked to two things: declining tolerance for straight men’s behavior may have, on the one hand, caused this; the effect is misogynistic backlash in the form of rising incelhood.
2022 November 19, Amlan Sarkar, “A Straight Masculinity Crisis Is Underway — And It’s a Good Thing”, in The SwaddleSynonyms: misogynist, misogynic, misogynous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehating women in particular
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μισόγυνος
- μισόγυνος (misógunos)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Catalan misogin, misògina
- misoginof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- misòginaof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- masclistaof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Czech misogynský
- misogynskýof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Dutch vrouwenhatend, misogyn
- vrouwenhatendof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- misogynof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Esperanto mizogina
- mizoginaof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Finnish misogyyninen
- misogyyninenof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
French misogyne
- misogyneof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
German frauenfeindlich, misogyn
- frauenfeindlichof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- misogynof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- frauenverachtendof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Hebrew מִיזוֹגִינִי, מִיזוֹגֶנִי
- מִיזוֹגִינִיof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- מִיזוֹגֶנִי (mizogéni)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Hindi स्त्रीद्वेषी
- स्त्रीद्वेषी (strīdveṣī)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Italian misogino, misogina
- misoginoof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- misoginaof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Portuguese misógino, misógina
- misóginoof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- misóginaof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Russian мизогини́ческий, мизогини́стский
- мизогини́ческий (mizoginíčeskij)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- мизогини́стский (mizoginístskij)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
- женоненави́стнический (ženonenavístničeskij)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Spanish misógino
- misóginoof, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Ukrainian женоненави́сницький
- женоненави́сницький (ženonenavýsnycʹkyj)of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny
Cite this entry
misogynistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misogynistic
“misogynistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misogynistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misogynistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misogynistic.
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