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misogynize

misogynize verb: to treat in a misogynistic manner.

Verb

misogynize (third-person singular simple present misogynizes, present participle misogynizing, simple past and past participle misogynized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To treat in a misogynistic manner.
    • Professor Weems can be placed within all of the approaches, as her work not only looks at the reclaiming of the black women from within the texts in a liberative form, but also rejects those scriptures that dehumanize and misogynize women.2000, Joe Aldred, Sisters With Power, page 119
    • If you fail me I shall misanthropize, misogynize, misobrephize, shut myself up in a cell(ar).2012, Fiona MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite

Forms of misogynize

third-person singular presentmisogynizes
present participlemisogynizing
past participlemisogynized
pastmisogynized

Origin of misogynize

From misogyny + -ize.

Questions about misogynize

What does misogynize mean?
Misogynize means to treat in a misogynistic manner.
What part of speech is misogynize?
Misogynize is a verb.
What is the past tense of misogynize?
The past tense of misogynize is misogynized.

Words near misogynize in the dictionary

  1. misogynist
  2. misogynistic
  3. misogynistical
  4. misogynistically
  5. misogynists
  6. misogynize
  7. misogynized
  8. misogynizes
  9. misogynizing
  10. misogynoir
  11. misogynoirist

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