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neo-misogyny

neo-misogyny noun: modern misogyny.

Noun

neo-misogyny (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) Modern misogyny.
    • Butor thus sees in "Baudelaire's lesbianism" a kind of neo-misogyny that combines an exaltation of the mundus muliebris with the reassertion that "virility is the very sign of creative power".1997, Dominique D. Fisher, Articulations of Difference: Gender Studies and Writing in French

Forms of neo-misogyny

alternative formneomisogyny

Origin of neo-misogyny

From neo- + misogyny. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about neo-misogyny

What does neo-misogyny mean?
Neo-misogyny means modern misogyny.
What part of speech is neo-misogyny?
Neo-misogyny is a noun.

Words near neo-misogyny in the dictionary

  1. Neo-Melanesian
  2. neo-mercantilism
  3. Neo-Middle Egyptian
  4. neo-misogynist
  5. neo-misogynists
  6. neo-misogyny
  7. Neo-Mudéjar
  8. neo-Muslim
  9. neo-Muslims
  10. neo-natal
  11. neo-Nazi

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