woman-hater
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of woman-hater
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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And her brand of sexual politics encountered hostility from critics like Pauline Kael, Molly Haskell and Ellen Willis, who called Ms. Wertmüller “a woman-hater who pretends to be a feminist.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
The hero need not be a woman-hater, though Richard III is one.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2016
I could tell Marco was a woman-hater, because in spite of all the models and TV starlets in the room that night he paid attention to nobody but me.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
You know a woman-hater always succumbs to the right girl.”
From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates
Why such a belief should be current is not easy to understand, because St Kevin, after whom the cavern is called, not only had no children, but was a decided woman-hater.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
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