misandry

Formed in the late 19th century as mis- (“hatred”) +‎ -andry (“men”) by analogy with misogyny; compare the Ancient Greek μισανδρία (misandría), from μισέω (miséō, “hate”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

• enPR: mĭsănʹdri, IPA^(key): /mɪˈsændɹi/
• enPR: mĭsʹəndri, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsəndɹi/

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misandry (usually uncountable, plural misandries)

1. Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men.

   Synonym: misandrism

   Antonym: philandry

   • 2014 May 26, Steve Almasy and Haimy Assefa, “California killer’s misogynist rants inspire #YesAllWomen”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “But this is a big issue. This boy was a product of this culture. And I think to talk about the culture is not misandry (the hatred of males), it’s not wrong and we do need to talk about it. If we want to know how to end this kind of violence we need to address the culture that created this kind of violence.

   • 2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship:

     The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.

• A related concept is androphobia, the fear of men (or masculinity), but not necessarily hatred of them.
• Sometimes confused with misanthropy (“hatred of humanity”).

• misogyny (hatred of women)

• misandric
• misandrist
• transmisandry

• “misandry, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft entry; Mar. 2010]

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