misogynous

American  

[muh-sah-juhn-uhs] / məˈsɑ dʒən əs /

adjective

1. misogynistic.

---

Other Word Forms

• misogynously adverb

Explanation

Use the adjective misogynous to describe a system or a person who shows a strong dislike for women, or who acts in a way that negatively affects women in particular. A government that doesn't allow women to vote, drive, or go to school can be described as misogynous, or being strongly prejudiced against women. A man who is nasty and scornful to every woman he meets is misogynous, and so is a company that pays women less for doing the same work as men. The Greek word for "hate," miso, forms the first part of misogynous, and "women," or gyne makes up the rest.

Example Sentences

Munch was a highly neurotic, misogynous, inward-turning artist who led the revolt of the '90s against the formal, detached, analytical approach of the French Impressionists.

From Time Magazine Archive

He foresaw the difficulties that would have to be met, the problems that would arise, and above all he understood Saïd's chief objection—the marriage from which his misogynous soul recoiled.

From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)