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woman-hater

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

noun

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


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

There is an under-plot, which consists in providing a lover and a marriage for the woman-hater Silvio.

From The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes by Various

There are thousands upon thousands of bachelors who would merely have grinned interestedly at the news; Anthony, being impeccable and a genuine woman-hater at heart, was not of these thousands.

From In And Out by Edgar Franklin

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