misogynize

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verb

To treat in a misogynistic manner.

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Meanings

verbmisogynize (third-person singular simple present misogynizes, present participle misogynizing, simple past and past participle misogynized)

present singular third person misogynizes · participle present misogynizing · participle past misogynized · past misogynized

  1. raretransitiveTo treat in a misogynistic manner.

    If you fail me I shall misanthropize, misogynize, misobrephize, shut myself up in a cell(ar).

    2012, Fiona MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite
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    Professor Weems can be placed within all of the approaches, as her work not only looks at the reclaiming of the black women from within the texts in a liberative form, but also rejects those scriptures that dehumanize and misogynize women.

    2000, Joe Aldred, Sisters With Power, page 119

Origin

From misogyny + -ize.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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