anti-woman

adjective

an·​ti-wom·​an ˌan-tē-ˈwu̇-mən How to pronounce anti-woman (audio) ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-woman (audio)
especially Southern -ˈwō-
or -ˈwə-
: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward women
anti-woman lyrics
anti-woman sentiments

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But many of us didn’t expect the anti-woman vitriol to be this blatant. — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Feb. 2025 This applies especially to country music, which has always been a place for anti-Black and anti-woman sentiments to flourish and prosper. — Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025 These often virulently anti-woman plays, which became his most famous and influential, revealed his deranged sense of marital grievance. — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 May 2025 An aging Afghan mother prepares to open a textiles shop, as captured by her daughter’s attentive lens, only for the Taliban and its anti-woman agenda to return to power. — Jack Howland, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025 The Orioles have made a big mistake, in my opinion, promoting someone who is pushing for policies that are clearly anti-woman while being clearly politically divisive. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 Shallow, misogynistic speech has seeped into the daily vocabularies of many, suggesting the toxic, anti-woman values that have long inspired such rhetoric are once again calcifying into a widespread and serious problem. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026 Why were so many movies of the 2000s—Shallow Hal, Knocked Up, White Chicks, Bringing Down The House—so vehemently anti-woman? — Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-woman was in 1841

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“Anti-woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-woman. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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