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

I had even been characterized as a woman-hater, though this was an injustice.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

Even if the German had been a woman-hater there would have been nothing for him to do but to assist her to her feet, and that, necessarily, required the use of both hands.

From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson