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What is another word for misogynists?

Pronunciation: [mɪsˈɒd͡ʒɪnˌɪsts] (IPA)

Misogynists are individuals who harbor a deep and intense dislike or hatred of women. While pop culture generally tends to use the term misogynist to describe such individuals, there are multiple synonyms that convey a similar meaning. These include woman-hater, woman-loather, gynophobic, and androphobe. Misogyny can manifest itself in a variety of ways, ranging from verbal abuse, physical violence, and even widespread societal biases against women. It is important to acknowledge and call out misogyny in all its forms, as it can have severe and long-lasting consequences for women and girls everywhere.
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Scarcely has the news of their arrival spread, when a mass meeting of women is called, and a coalition formed against the misogynists.
"Jewish Literature and Other Essays"
Gustav Karpeles
Yet in every walk of life, says my mother, there were a few survivors in the shape of stolid, adamantine misogynists.
"The War of the Wenuses"
C. L. Graves and E. V. Lucas
misogynists say it is too wise, and not cunning enough.
"Love Me Little, Love Me Long"
Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English

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  • at night we glimpsed the flowers blooming between women's legs but we were vegetarians and misogynists
    Lajos Kassák
  • The champions of militant Islam are, of course, misogynists, woman-haters; they are also misologists — haters of reason. Their armed doctrine is little more than a chaotic penal code underscored by impotent dreams of genocide. And, like all religions, it is a massive agglutination of stock response, of cliches, of inherited and unexamined formulations.
    Martin Amis

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