noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
US:/mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
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noun
Meaning 1
Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
hatred of women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: misogynism
Antonyms: philogyny
Broader terms: hate, hatred
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía) and μισογύνης (misogúnēs, “woman hater”), from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”). By surface analysis, miso- + -gyny.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mizogjini
— hatred or contempt for women
Arabic:
كُرْه النِّسَاء
(kurh an-nisāʔ)
— hatred or contempt for women
Armenian:
կնատյացություն
(knatyacʻutʻyun)
— hatred or contempt for women
Belarusian:
жанчынаненаві́сніцтва
(žančynanjenavísnictva)
— hatred or contempt for women
Belarusian:
жананяна́вісць
(žananjanáviscʹ)
— hatred or contempt for women
Belarusian:
мізагіні́я
(mizahiníja)
— hatred or contempt for women
Bulgarian:
женомра́зие
(ženomrázie)
— hatred or contempt for women
Bulgarian:
мизоги́ния
(mizogínija)
— hatred or contempt for women
Catalan:
misogínia
— hatred or contempt for women
Chinese Mandarin:
女性貶抑 /女性贬抑
(nǚxìng biǎnyì)
— hatred or contempt for women
Chinese Mandarin:
厭女 /厌女
(yànnǚ)
— hatred or contempt for women
Chinese Mandarin:
仇女
(chóunǚ)
— hatred or contempt for women
Czech:
misogynství
— hatred or contempt for women
Czech:
nenávist k ženám
— hatred or contempt for women
Czech:
misogynie
— hatred or contempt for women
Danish:
misogyni
— hatred or contempt for women
Danish:
kvindehad
— hatred or contempt for women
Dutch:
misogynie
— hatred or contempt for women
Dutch:
vrouwenhaat
— hatred or contempt for women
Esperanto:
mizogineco
— hatred or contempt for women
Estonian:
misogüünia
— hatred or contempt for women
Estonian:
naistevihkamine
— hatred or contempt for women
Finnish:
naisviha
— hatred or contempt for women
Finnish:
misogynia
— hatred or contempt for women
French:
misogynie
— hatred or contempt for women
Galician:
misoxinia
— hatred or contempt for women
Georgian:
ქალთმოძულეობა
(kaltmoʒuleoba)
— hatred or contempt for women
Georgian:
მიზოგინია
(mizoginia)
— hatred or contempt for women
German:
Frauenhass
— hatred or contempt for women
German:
Frauenfeindlichkeit
— hatred or contempt for women
German:
Misogynie
— hatred or contempt for women
German:
Weiberhass
— hatred or contempt for women
Greek:
μισογυνία
(misogynía)
— hatred or contempt for women
Greek:
μισογυνισμός
(misogynismós)
— hatred or contempt for women
Ancient Greek:
μισογυνία
(misogunía)
— hatred or contempt for women
Hawaiian:
hoʻokae wahine
— hatred or contempt for women
Hebrew:
מִיזוֹגִינְיָה
— hatred or contempt for women
Hebrew:
מִיזוֹגֶנְיָה
(mizogénya)
— hatred or contempt for women
Hindi:
स्त्रीद्वेष
(strīdveṣ)
— hatred or contempt for women
Hindi:
नारीद्वेष
(nārīdveṣ)
— hatred or contempt for women
Hungarian:
nőgyűlölet
— hatred or contempt for women
Hungarian:
mizogínia
— hatred or contempt for women
Icelandic:
kvenhatur
— hatred or contempt for women
Italian:
misoginia
— hatred or contempt for women
Japanese:
女嫌い
(onnagirai)
— hatred or contempt for women
Japanese:
ミソジニー
(misojinī)
— hatred or contempt for women
Japanese:
女性嫌悪
(josei ken'o)
— hatred or contempt for women
Korean:
여성혐오
(yeoseonghyeomo)
— hatred or contempt for women
Latvian:
misogīnija
— hatred or contempt for women
Lithuanian:
mizoginija
— hatred or contempt for women
Macedonian:
женомра́зие
(ženomrázie)
— hatred or contempt for women
Macedonian:
мизоги́нија
(mizogínija)
— hatred or contempt for women
Malay:
misogini
— hatred or contempt for women
Norwegian Bokmål:
misogyni
— hatred or contempt for women
Norwegian Bokmål:
kvinnehat
— hatred or contempt for women
Persian:
زنستیزی
(zan-setizi)
— hatred or contempt for women
Polish:
mizoginia
— hatred or contempt for women
Polish:
mizoginizm
— hatred or contempt for women
Portuguese:
misoginia
— hatred or contempt for women
Romanian:
misoginie
— hatred or contempt for women
Russian:
женоненави́стничество
(ženonenavístničestvo)
— hatred or contempt for women
Russian:
мизогини́я
(mizoginíja)
— hatred or contempt for women
Scottish Gaelic:
fuath bhan
— hatred or contempt for women
Serbo-Croatian:
мизоги́нија
— hatred or contempt for women
Serbo-Croatian:
mizogínija
— hatred or contempt for women
Slovak:
mizogýnia
— hatred or contempt for women
Slovene:
mizoginija
— hatred or contempt for women
Spanish:
misoginia
— hatred or contempt for women
Swedish:
kvinnohat
— hatred or contempt for women
Swedish:
misogyni
— hatred or contempt for women
Turkish:
kadın düşmanlığı
— hatred or contempt for women
Turkish:
mizojini
— hatred or contempt for women
Ukrainian:
женоненави́сництво
(ženonenavýsnyctvo)
— hatred or contempt for women
Ukrainian:
жінконенави́сництво
(žinkonenavýsnyctvo)
— hatred or contempt for women
Ukrainian:
мізогіні́я
(mizohiníja)
— hatred or contempt for women