MISOGYNIST Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

misogynist

noun

Definition of misogynist

as in sexist

a person who hates women

—often used before another noun a misogynist joke their misogynist boss

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Recent Examples of misogynist With raping, raving misogynists in the highest offices and loudest cultural bandwidths of the world, women of all classes have cause to be righteously filled with rage, betrayal, and disappointment. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender. — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026 Much of the media coverage of looksmaxxing has focused on cultural dimensions, such as the misogynist ideology underlying this trend and its implications for cultural conversations about masculinity. — Jordyn Tovey, The Conversation, 22 May 2026 That might mean that us Americans are already sick of Sneako, Myron Gaines, and the rest of the loudmouthed misogynist podcast crew that Theroux struggles to comprehend in this amusing and upsetting documentary. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misogynist

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There really are chauvinists out there.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Sacco knows better than most that political chauvinists of all kinds can point to past moments of injury and humiliation to justify any current cruelty or authoritarian project—an especially powerful appeal when those historical injustices are real.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025

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Michelle herself was saluted through the competitive Afro-misandrist fantasy The Woman King and the New Age agnosticism of Everything Everywhere All at Once.

— Armond White, National Review, 18 Jan. 2023
Maybe try a less confrontational approach and not using buzz words like misandrist.

— BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021

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