Womanhating

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Hatred of women; misogyny. uncountable

    "Meanwhile, womanhating as a recourse of the powerless is sapping strength from black communities, and our very lives."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hating women.

    "But these attitudes in male writers were taken for granted, accepted as sound philosophical bases, as quite normal, certainly not as womanhating, aggressive or neurotic."

Example

More examples

"But these attitudes in male writers were taken for granted, accepted as sound philosophical bases, as quite normal, certainly not as womanhating, aggressive or neurotic."

Etymology

From woman + hating.

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