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.

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Plenty has been written about how Helen Fielding’s creation is antifeminist and perpetuates outdated ideas about body image and marriage as the ultimate goal for a woman.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2020

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

We all liked her, and Sperry, Sperry the bachelor, the iconoclast, the antifeminist, was staring at her with curiously intent eyes.

From Sight Unseen by Rinehart, Mary Roberts