misogyny

UK/mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/US/mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/

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Misogyny is hatred of, or deep prejudice against, women. Everyday misogyny, structural misogyny, call it misogyny.

It covers a settled attitude rather than one act, and some police forces now record it as a category for hate crime. The Greek is hate plus woman, and the related word for the prejudice against men is misandry.

Definitions of misogyny

1nounmisogynyHatred of, or deep prejudice against, women.B2+
“The footballer was criticised for the misogyny of his comments about female referees.”

misogyny is a prejudice.

Where it comes from

Greek misogynia joins misein, to hate, and gyne, a woman.

Ancient Greek
μισογυνία
English, today
misogyny

Built from

μισογύνης · Ancient Greek — woman hater
μισέω · Ancient Greek — I hate
γυνή · Ancient Greek — woman

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισογυνία. From Ancient Greek μισογυνία and μισογύνης (“woman hater”), from μισέω (“I hate”) + γυνή (“woman”). by surface analysis, miso- + -gyny.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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misogyny in the wild

In some cases, misogyny rewards women for accepting an inferior status.
Misogyny
However, in virtually all societies, misandry lacks institutional and systemic support comparable to misogyny.
Misandry
The antonym of misogyny is philogyny, the love, respect for and admiration of women.
Gynophobia
A study of Detroit-based rapper Eminem's third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP found instances of misogyny in eleven of the fourteen songs on his record.
Misogyny in rap music
Scholars have offered various explanations for the presence of misogyny in rap music.
Misogyny in rap music

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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