Standard Lemma guide

misogynist

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/
  • US: /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 Z AH0 JH IH0 N IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Misogynistic; relating to or exhibiting misogyny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: woman hater

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: misanthrope, misanthropist

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mizogjen — hater of women
  • Albanian: mizogjin — hater of women
  • Armenian: կնատյաց (knatyacʻ) — hater of women
  • Belarusian: жананенаві́снік (žananjenavísnik) — hater of women
  • Bulgarian: женомра́зец (ženomrázec) — hater of women
  • Catalan: misogin — hater of women
  • Catalan: misògina — hater of women
  • Catalan: masclista — hater of women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 憎恨女人的人 (zēnghèn nǚrén de rén) — hater of women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡女人的人 /厌恶女人的人 (yànwù nǚrén de rén) — hater of women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡女人者 /厌恶女人者 (yànwùnǚrénzhě) — hater of women
  • Czech: misogyn — hater of women
  • Danish: kvindehader — hater of women
  • Danish: misogyn — hater of women
  • Dutch: vrouwenhater — hater of women
  • Dutch: misogyn — hater of women
  • Esperanto: mizogino — hater of women
  • Estonian: naistevihkaja — hater of women
  • Estonian: misogüün — hater of women
  • Finnish: naisvihaaja — hater of women
  • Finnish: naistenvihaaja — hater of women
  • Finnish: misogyyni — hater of women
  • French: misogyne — hater of women
  • Galician: misóxino — hater of women
  • Galician: misóxina — hater of women
  • Georgian: ქალთმოძულე (kaltmoʒule) — hater of women
  • German: Frauenhasser — hater of women
  • German: Frauenhasserin — hater of women
  • German: Frauenfeind — hater of women
  • German: Frauenfeindin — hater of women
  • German: Misogyn — hater of women
  • Greek: μισογύνης (misogýnis) — hater of women
  • Ancient Greek: μισογύνης (misogúnēs) — hater of women
  • Hindi: स्त्रीद्वेषी (strīdveṣī) — hater of women
  • Hungarian: nőgyűlölő — hater of women
  • Icelandic: kvenhatari — hater of women
  • Ido: hominodianto — hater of women
  • Indonesian: misoginis — hater of women
  • Irish: fuathaitheoir ban — hater of women
  • Italian: misogino — hater of women
  • Japanese: 女嫌い (onnagirai) — hater of women
  • Japanese: ミソジニスト (misojinisuto) — hater of women
  • Korean: 여성혐오자 (yeoseonghyeomoja) — hater of women
  • Korean: 여자를 혐오하는 남자 (yeoja-reul hyeomohaneun namja) — hater of women
  • Latvian: misogīnists — hater of women
  • Latvian: mizogīns — hater of women
  • Lithuanian: mizoginas — hater of women
  • Macedonian: жено́мразец (ženómrazec) — hater of women
  • Malay: misoginis — hater of women
  • Norman: haîsseux d'femmes — hater of women
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvinnehater — hater of women
  • Norwegian Bokmål: misogyn — hater of women
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvinnehatar — hater of women
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: misogyn — hater of women
  • Polish: mizoginista — hater of women
  • Polish: mizogin — hater of women
  • Portuguese: misógino — hater of women
  • Portuguese: misógina — hater of women
  • Romanian: misogin — hater of women
  • Romanian: misogină — hater of women
  • Russian: женоненави́стник (ženonenavístnik) — hater of women
  • Russian: мизогини́ст (mizoginíst) — hater of women
  • Russian: женофо́б (ženofób) — hater of women
  • Russian: мизоги́н (mizogín) — hater of women
  • Serbo-Croatian: женомр́зац — hater of women
  • Serbo-Croatian: ženomŕzac — hater of women
  • Slovak: mizogýn — hater of women
  • Slovene: ženskomrznež — hater of women
  • Spanish: misógino — hater of women
  • Spanish: misógina — hater of women
  • Swedish: kvinnohatare — hater of women
  • Swedish: misogyn — hater of women
  • Thai: ผู้ไม่ชอบผู้หญิง (pûu mâi chɔ̂ɔp pûu-yǐng) — hater of women
  • Turkish: kadın düşmanı — hater of women
  • Ukrainian: жінконенави́сник (žinkonenavýsnyk) — hater of women
  • Ukrainian: женоненави́сник (ženonenavýsnyk) — hater of women
  • Vietnamese: người ghét phụ nữ — hater of women
  • Volapük: vomihetan — hater of women
  • Volapük: vomihihetan — hater of women
  • Volapük: vomijihetan — hater of women