Neo-misogyny

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Modern misogyny. no-plural, rare

    "Butor thus sees in "Baudelaire's lesbianism" a kind of neo-misogyny that combines an exaltation of the mundus muliebris with the reassertion that "virility is the very sign of creative power"."

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"Butor thus sees in "Baudelaire's lesbianism" a kind of neo-misogyny that combines an exaltation of the mundus muliebris with the reassertion that "virility is the very sign of creative power"."

Etymology

From neo- + misogyny. Attested since the 20th century.

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