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misogyne

misogyne is the alternative spelling of misogyn.

Meaning of misogyn

Noun

misogyn (plural misogyns)

  1. (rare) Synonym of misogynist.
    • Instead of the vehement and almost slanderous dehortation from marriage, which the Misogyne, [Giovanni] Boccaccio (Vita e Costumi di Dante, p. 12, 16) addresses to literary men, I would substitute the simple advice: be not merely a man of letters! Let literature be an honourable augmentation to...1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “An Affectionate Exhortation to Those who in Early Life Feel Themselves Disposed to Become Authors”, in Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of My...
    Synonyms:
    misogynist

Forms of misogyne

pluralmisogynes

Questions about misogyne

What is misogyne the alternative spelling of?
Misogyne is the alternative spelling of misogyn.

Words near misogyne in the dictionary

  1. misogelast
  2. misogelastic
  3. misogelasts
  4. misogi
  5. misogyn
  6. misogyne
  7. misogynes
  8. misogynic
  9. misogynical
  10. misogynies
  11. misogynise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misogyne (page history and authors); misogyn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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