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misogyny

noun · 2 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.ɪ.ni/
  • US: /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 Z AH0 JH IH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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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

2

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
  • Volapük: vomihet — hatred or contempt for women