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misandrist

misandrist adjective: exhibiting or pertaining to misandry; hating or prejudiced against men.

Adjective

misandrist (comparative more misandrist, superlative most misandrist)

  1. Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry; hating or prejudiced against men.

Noun

misandrist (plural misandrists)

  1. One who professes misandry; a hater of men.
    • We cannot, indeed, term her an absolute misandrist, as she fully admits the possibility, in most cases at least, of the reclamation of men from their naturally vicious and selfish state, though at the cost of so much trouble and vexation of spirit to women, that it is not quite clear whether she...1871 April 1, “Blanche Seymour (book review)”, in F.C. Westley, editor, The Spectator, volume 44, number 2231, London, →ISSN, retrieved 17 Aug 2026, page 389
    • A misandrist hates all men, and a philandrist likes them.2000, David Macfarlane, Mail & guardian bedside book, 2000, page 46
    Antonyms:
    philandrist

Synonyms of misandrist

Antonyms

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Forms of misandrist

Adjective
comparativemore misandrist
superlativemost misandrist
Noun
pluralmisandrists

Origin of misandrist

From misandry + -ist.

Questions about misandrist

What does misandrist mean?
Misandrist means exhibiting or pertaining to misandry; hating or prejudiced against men.
What part of speech is misandrist?
Misandrist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near misandrist in the dictionary

  1. misanalyzing
  2. misandric
  3. misandrics
  4. misandries
  5. misandrism
  6. misandrist
  7. misandristic
  8. misandrists
  9. misandronist
  10. misandronists
  11. misandrous

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