Misandry vs Misogyny - What's the difference?
misandry | misogyny | Antonyms |
The hatred of, pathological aversion to, or prejudice against men.
Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
* 1999 , Joanne Marie Greer, David O. Moberg, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (ISBN 0762304839), page 29:
* 1999 , Ethel Spector Person, The Sexual Century (ISBN 0300076045), page 84:
* 2005 , Jeff Johnson, William Inge And The Subversion Of Gender (ISBN 0786420626), page 122:
* 2006', Jack Holland, '''''Misogyny : the world's oldest prejudice (ISBN 0786718234)
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Misogyny is a antonym of misandry.
As nouns the difference between misandry and misogyny
is that misandry is the hatred of, pathological aversion to, or prejudice against men while misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.misandry
English
Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
* A related concept is androphobia, the fear of men, but not necessarily hatred of them. Sometimes confused with .Synonyms
* (l)Antonyms
* (l) (the love or fondness for men) * (l) (hatred for women)Derived terms
* (l), (l)See also
* androphobiaReferences
* “misandry, n.'']” listed in the '' [draft entry; Mar. 2010
misogyny
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(wikipedia misogyny)Noun
(en-noun)- Although she argues against a simplistic conflation of types of prejudice, she suggests that misogyny is typically present in both narcissistic and obsessive forms of anti-Semitic prejudice.
- His misogyny , like that of his predecessors, is more than prejudice;
- This ontological symbiosis also explains his misogyny . By envying Sue, as the man he cannot become, he projects his self-loathing onto her, trying to diminish what he actually admires.