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Misogyny vs Sexist - What's the difference?

misogyny | sexist |

As nouns the difference between misogyny and sexist

is that misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women while sexist is sexist (person).

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)
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  • Synonyms

    * misogynism

    Antonyms

    * misandry * philogyny

    Derived terms

    * misogynic * misogynist * misogynistic * misogynistically * internalized misogyny

    sexist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
  • Robert and Jessica both lost all respect for their father when they found him to be sexist .

    Derived terms

    * non-sexist * non-sexist language * sexist language

    See also

    * ableist * bigot * bigotry * chauvinism * chauvinist * misandry * misandric * misogynist * discrimination * heterosexist * homophobe * homophobic * -ist * racist

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