misandric

English

Etymology

From misandry +‎ -ic.

Adjective

misandric (comparative more misandric, superlative most misandric)

Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

misogynic

Translations

of, relating to, or exhibiting misandry

Esperanto: mizandra
French: misandre (fr) m or f
Galician: misándrico m, misándrica f
German: männerfeindlich, männerverachtend, misandrisch (de)
Italian: misandrico m, misandrica f
Portuguese: misândrico (pt) m, misândrica f
Spanish: misándrico
Swedish: misandrisk (sv)

Noun

misandric (plural misandrics)

(rare) One who professes misandry; a hater of men, or one prejudiced against men.
- 2001, Paul Nathanson, Katherine K. Young, Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture‎, page 277:
  Sentimental misandrics, for example, focus attention on the warm and cosy features of womanhood, contrasting them pointedly with the sinister and threatening features of manhood.
- 2018 April, Vartikka Kaul, “Of goddesses and women: Towards a super-empowered female hero”, in Studies in South Asian Film & Media, volume 9, number 1:
  By turning Shakti into an odd misandric, the patriarchal order is maintained as her field of action is limited to only women in distress.
- 2019 October 30, “In a world of her own”, in Orissa Post:
  However, expressing anguish over crime against women and being a misandric are two different things.

Synonyms

misandrist

Translations

misandrist — see misandrist

See also

Further reading

misandric, misandristic, misandrous, man-hating at Google Ngram Viewer

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