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Misogyny vs Discrimination - What's the difference?

misogyny | discrimination |

As nouns the difference between misogyny and discrimination

is that misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women while discrimination is a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.

misogyny

English

(wikipedia misogyny)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.
  • * 1999 , Ethel Spector Person, The Sexual Century (ISBN 0300076045), page 84:
    • His misogyny , like that of his predecessors, is more than prejudice;
  • * 2005 , Jeff Johnson, William Inge And The Subversion Of Gender (ISBN 0786420626), page 122:
    • 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.
  • * 2006', Jack Holland, '''''Misogyny : the world's oldest prejudice (ISBN 0786718234)
  • * '>citation

    • Synonyms

    * misogynism

    Antonyms

    * misandry * philogyny

    Derived terms

    * misogynic * misogynist * misogynistic * misogynistically * internalized misogyny

    discrimination

    English

    (wikipedia discrimination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.
  • The state of being discriminated, distinguished from, or set apart.
  • (sometimes discrimination against ) distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry
    • sexual or racial discrimination
  • The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
  • That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.

    • Derived terms

    * nondiscrimination * reverse discrimination

    Hyponyms

    *heterosexism *ageism *ableism *xenophobia

    See also

    * stereotype * bias * racism ----