woman-hater

American  

[woom-uhn-hey-ter] / ˈwʊm ənˌheɪ tər /

noun

1. a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.

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Etymology

Origin of woman-hater

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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

Probably Ikey, who had the reputation of being a woman-hater, did not care for his courtship to be known, for I knew that he did not like being laughed at or joked in any way.

From The Birthright by Hocking, Joseph

Yet not only the ancients, but all critics up to the last generation or so, have described him as a woman-hater.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert