Misandry

lulu · 10-13-2005, 05:52 PM

HMMM...do I really need to say anything? (After all the ex-husband bashing I did???) I am a naughty girl.

Misandry (Noun)
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Pronunciation: [mis-'æn-dri]
Definition 1: The hatred of men, of the male sex, man-hating.
Usage 1: We are often asked what is the masculine correlate of "misogyny," the hatred of women. It is NOT "misanthropy," which is the hatred of all humans—male and female—but today's word. A person struggling with this unfortunate attitude is a misandrist.
Suggested usage: In our write-up of a recent Word of the Day, "andragogy," we suggested the subrogation of misandry to andragogy might render more satisfying results: "It is important not to misconstrue the thrust of Feminism as any kind of misandry." Feminism suggests andragogy rather than misandry. "Susan's bad experiences with her last three boy

has left her something of a misandrist."
Etymology: From Greek misandros "man-hating," based on misos "hatred" + anêr, andros "man, adult male." The Greek word is akin to Albanian njerí and na, nar- "man, person." Armenian air, arn "man, person" also descends from the same Proto-Indo-European root. The root of this word also took on a suffix which led to Greek anthropos "man, human, person," found in "anthropology" and "misanthropy," mentioned above. However, this last word was used to refer to "man" in the generic sense of a person of either sex. (Today's word has been requested by many, many visitors to our website over the years.)

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