misandrist

American  

[mis-an-dreest] / ˈmɪs ænˌdrist /

noun

1. someone, especially a woman, who hates, dislikes, or mistrusts men.

   Mainstream feminists are not misandrists; they seek equal rights for men and women on the basis that all genders have the ability and the right to lead self-determining lives.

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adjective

1. showing a hatred, dislike, or mistrust of men.

   The allegedly misandrist attitude of the administration is causing discipline problems with the male students.

Etymology

Origin of misandrist

First recorded in 1950–55; misandr(y) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

"She had short hair. She went to a women's college. She used some of the expressions these online mobs had somehow defined as 'misandrist expressions' for no clear reason."

From BBC

This film is feminist, indeed, but not misandrist.

From Los Angeles Times

Flanagan’s adaptation of King’s Gerald’s Game is an unrelentingly tense portrait of a woman preyed upon by men her entire life; it might make a misandrist out of you.

From The Guardian

It means making sure to preface your pro-Warren statements with “I don’t have anything against the male candidates,” as if the act of supporting a female one was somehow misandrist in itself.

From Washington Post

Sarah Hanson-Young, of the Greens party, argued David Leyonhjelm defamed her in interviews last year by saying she was a misandrist and a hypocrite.

From BBC