Misogynist
noun
A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
His derogatory comments about women revealed him to be a misogynist.
Often appears as...
- a confirmed misogynist
- labeled as a misogynist
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing or involving hatred, dislike, or prejudice against women.
His misogynist attitudes were clear in his disrespectful remarks towards women.
Often appears as...
- misogynist view
- misogynist behavior
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Disapproving
noun
A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
His derogatory comments about women revealed him to be a misogynist.
Often appears as...
- a confirmed misogynist
- labeled as a misogynist
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Showing or involving hatred, dislike, or prejudice against women.
His misogynist attitudes were clear in his disrespectful remarks towards women.
Often appears as...
- misogynist view
- misogynist behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term 'misogynist' has a very negative meaning and suggests serious character flaws.
After his sexist joke, many considered him a misogynist.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Accusation
Calling someone a misogynist is a serious claim and should be based on clear evidence.
She didn't call him a misogynist until she heard his repeated disrespectful remarks about women.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Dislike
'Misogynist' means more than just not liking women; it involves a deep-seated prejudice.
He wasn't just rude to her; his misogyny made him undermine her authority at work.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term 'misogynist' has a very negative meaning and suggests serious character flaws.
After his sexist joke, many considered him a misogynist.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Accusation
Calling someone a misogynist is a serious claim and should be based on clear evidence.
She didn't call him a misogynist until she heard his repeated disrespectful remarks about women.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Dislike
'Misogynist' means more than just not liking women; it involves a deep-seated prejudice.
He wasn't just rude to her; his misogyny made him undermine her authority at work.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term 'misogynist' has a very negative meaning and suggests serious character flaws.
After his sexist joke, many considered him a misogynist.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Accusation
Calling someone a misogynist is a serious claim and should be based on clear evidence.
She didn't call him a misogynist until she heard his repeated disrespectful remarks about women.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Dislike
'Misogynist' means more than just not liking women; it involves a deep-seated prejudice.
He wasn't just rude to her; his misogyny made him undermine her authority at work.
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I grew up in the...
looks so much like the one I walked away from four years ago. We've broken the world into us and them, only emerging from our bunkers long enough to lob rhetorical grenades at the other camp. We write off half the country as out-of-touch liberal elites or racist misogynist bullies.
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Advocating for gender...
smoke courtesy of his misogynist advisers was the trigger for calling attention to the UN's deplorable record on gender as it happens my co-director an aids-free world Paula Donovan had put forward the year before for the first time in the annals of multilateralism
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I grew up in the...
looks so much like the one I walked away from four years ago. We've broken the world into us and them, only emerging from our bunkers long enough to lob rhetorical grenades at the other camp. We write off half the country as out-of-touch liberal elites or racist misogynist bullies.
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Advocating for gender...
smoke courtesy of his misogynist advisers was the trigger for calling attention to the UN's deplorable record on gender as it happens my co-director an aids-free world Paula Donovan had put forward the year before for the first time in the annals of multilateralism
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Quote examples
Kirsten Powers
American Author
It's not hard to see how accusations against Trump as a racist and misogynist would be met with eye rolls and knowing murmurs of 'political correctness' by people who have had their worldview constantly caricatured and demonized by the cultural elites in academia, media and politics.
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Brianna Wu
American Businesswoman
If you're fortunate enough not to know, Gamergate is the misogynist hate group of the video game world.
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Amanda Knox
American Educator
I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes.
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Timothy Morton
English Philosopher
The noises Russia makes on the world stage are deeply misogynist, homophobic and racist.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
A racist and misogynist should not be a president in 21st-century America.
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Too Short
I think the whole world is one big misogynist. Even a lot of women are.
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Eric Johnson
Canadian Actor
It doesn't feel good to be a horrible, violent, misogynist person.
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Omarosa Manigault Newman
American Celebrity
Donald J. Trump is not only a racist but a misogynist and a bigot.
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John Lydon
English Musician
It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.
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Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
I don't fear being judged as a misogynist.
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Kirsten Powers
American Author
It's not hard to see how accusations against Trump as a racist and misogynist would be met with eye rolls and knowing murmurs of 'political correctness' by people who have had their worldview constantly caricatured and demonized by the cultural elites in academia, media and politics.
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Brianna Wu
American Businesswoman
If you're fortunate enough not to know, Gamergate is the misogynist hate group of the video game world.
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Amanda Knox
American Educator
I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes.
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Timothy Morton
English Philosopher
The noises Russia makes on the world stage are deeply misogynist, homophobic and racist.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
A racist and misogynist should not be a president in 21st-century America.
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Too Short
I think the whole world is one big misogynist. Even a lot of women are.
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Eric Johnson
Canadian Actor
It doesn't feel good to be a horrible, violent, misogynist person.
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Omarosa Manigault Newman
American Celebrity
Donald J. Trump is not only a racist but a misogynist and a bigot.
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John Lydon
English Musician
It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.
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Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
I don't fear being judged as a misogynist.
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