noun
Meaning 1
A person with hate or contempt for beards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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misopogon
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/ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn/
noun
Meaning 2
A person with hate or contempt for beards.
The contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, literary, rare
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), which is incidentally the title of a book by Emperor Julian, from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).