Comes from the Greek - "Gyne" (with a long e), meaning woman, and "misos" meaning hate.
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
-H.L. Mencken
Mi*sog"y*nist (?), n. [Gr. , ; to hate + woman: cf. F. misogyne.]
A woman hater.
Fuller.
© Webster 1913.
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