misogynistic

[ mi-soj-uh-nis-tik, mahy‐ ]

/ mɪˌsɒdʒ əˈnɪs tɪk, maɪ‐ /

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adjective

reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.

reflecting or exhibiting ingrained and institutionalized prejudice against women; sexist: misogynistic attitudes stemming from the highest corporate level.

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Sometimes mi·sog·y·nic, mi·sog·y·nous .

Origin of misogynistic

First recorded in 1820–25; misogynist + -ic

Words nearby misogynistic

misnomer, miso, misocainea, misogamy, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynoir, misogyny, misology, misoneism, misopedia

How to use misogynistic in a sentence

If anything, a dude who is respectful to a woman’s face but turns around and does pathetic, misogynistic locker-room talk behind her back is worse than the standard FBoy.
Two Feminists Who Love Reality TV Wrap Their Minds Around the FBoy Island Finale|Eliana Dockterman|August 13, 2021|Time
Eunuchs played an important role in the Byzantine Empire, understood not quite as men, and often attacked with misogynistic language and stereotypes.
Anti-Blackness and transphobia are older than we thought|Roland Betancourt|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
In a misogynistic society, they are pitted against each other never knowing how much they actually have in common.
Sitcom wives are a tired trope. In her new role, Annie Murphy of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ is flipping the script.|Valentina Valentini|June 10, 2021|Washington Post
The sad truth is our cause was set back by over 60 years of brutal and misogynistic oppression by the Burmese military.
Myanmar's Women Are Fighting for a New Future After a Long History of Military Oppression|MiMi Aye|June 1, 2021|Time

Silicon Valley has long been plagued by gender bias issues and inequality, and Apple employees opposed to his hiring said it was unfair to expect women at the company to work with someone who’d expressed and never apologized for misogynistic views.
How angry Apple employees’ petition led to a controversial new hire’s departure|Shirin Ghaffary|May 14, 2021|Vox
The world is changing, and men really could use a movement—just not the misogynistic, conspiracy-minded one they have now.
Men Need A Better Men’s Rights Movement|Nancy Kaffer|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She called him out for his misogynistic remarks and asked why, if the show was satire like everyone said, Ed had no foils.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything|Soraya Roberts|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can misogynistic and baseless tabloid narratives go out of style?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Got Married and We’re Worried About Jennifer Aniston|Kevin Fallon, Tim Teeman|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
VH1 hosted a Twitter QA with Robin Thicke, an RB singer of irrefutably misogynistic nature, in late June.
Jameis Winston's Inevitable #epicfail|Gideon Resnick|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His father could be temperamental and misogynistic, but the family was never plagued with major money-laundering or sex scandals.
Frank Schaeffer, the Atheist Who Believes in God|Nick Tabor|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These are devoted to love and matrimony, giving rhetorical expression to the misogynistic side of the Novelle.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
But there had been a quarrel (in German script), and the mighty Norseman had grown mightily misogynistic.
An Ocean Tramp|William McFee
No doubt these sights had confirmed him in his misogynistic broodings.
The Disturbing Charm|Berta Ruck
Captain Puffin was a great cynic in his own misogynistic way.
Miss Mapp|Edward Frederic Benson