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Narcissism vs Misogyny - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between narcissism and misogyny

is that narcissism is excessive love of oneself while misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.

narcissism

English

(narcissism)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Excessive love of oneself.
  • Sexual desire for one's own body.
  • Derived terms

    * narcissist * narcissistic *narcissize

    See also

    * egoism * egocentrism * self-love English eponyms English words suffixed with -ism

    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