# Misogyny - Hatred of women     Blank - Hatred of Men

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004 "2004-06-01T02:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/1 "2004-06-01T02:39:54Z")

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What is equivalent of misogyny that means a hatred of men?

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**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/2 "2004-06-01T02:42:30Z")

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[Misandry.](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=misandry)

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/3 "2004-06-01T02:58:20Z")

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And if you hate both you are a misanthrope.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/4 "2004-06-01T03:18:54Z")

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For a tool on-line that can (often, not always) answer this sort of question:

[OneLook Reverse Dictionary](http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml)

(Entering “hate men” turns up misandry as the first response (although it does not turn up misanthropy until somewhere in the 30s).

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/5 "2004-06-01T04:25:11Z")

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With clear parallels to the other pair of words:

polyandry - having more than one husband at a time  
polygyny - having more than one wife at a time

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/6 "2004-06-01T08:01:44Z")

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> [@Reeder](#):
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> And if you hate both you are a misanthrope.

a lycanthrope ? 😃

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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/7 "2004-06-01T12:05:28Z")

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> [@Cunctator](#):
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> With clear parallels to the other pair of words:
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> polyandry - having more than one husband at a time  
> polygyny - having more than one wife at a time

And, of course, “androgynous”.

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**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/8 "2004-06-01T12:09:35Z")

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> [@Cunctator](#):
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> With clear parallels to the other pair of words:  
> polygyny - having more than one wife at a time

Not to be confused with polygamy - having more than one **spouse** at a time.

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-hatred-of-women-blank-hatred-of-men/248004/9 "2004-06-01T12:23:46Z")

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And having two wives is bigamy

[Groucho]  
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