antifeminist

American  

[an-tee-fem-uhn-ist, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈfɛm ən ɪst, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. opposed to feminism and feminist goals or policies.

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noun

1. a person who is opposed to feminism and feminist goals or policies.

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antifeminist

Wade, and the absolutely enormous antifeminist backlash within which we are all living.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026

Backlash politics are nothing new – Susan Faludi wrote about the phenomenon in her 1991 opus Backlash, which described the wave of antifeminist reaction that emerged in the 1980s following the second-wave feminist movement.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2019

This paradox prompted Lydia Polgreen, the deputy international editor at the New York Times and event moderator, to ask: is violent extremism inherently antifeminist and misogynistic?

From Time ● Mar. 21, 2015

Similarly, those holding vehemently antifeminist beliefs considered the book an unforgivably radical text, full of screeds against everything from marital rape to — you guessed it — the tyranny of brassieres.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2013

They began a brave fight against Nero, using the assassination of Agrippina as the adverse party had exploited the antifeminist prejudices of the masses against Agrippina herself.

From Characters and events of Roman History by Frances Lance Ferrero

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