# Opposite of Misogynist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 17, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672 "2005-06-17T07:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/1 "2005-06-17T07:10:57Z")
Misogynist is one who hates women. Whats the word for one who hates men? ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/2 "2005-06-17T07:17:49Z")
It’s \*\*misandrist[/], but it’s hardly a common word. I’ll just stick with ex-wife. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/3 "2005-06-17T07:18:23Z")
Hey! I know this! It’s not often I’m the one answering questions. misandrist ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/4 "2005-06-17T07:20:02Z")
Hit reply too soon. [Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_244b.html) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/5 "2005-06-17T07:28:02Z")
thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/6 "2005-06-17T14:06:28Z")
Feminazi? ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/7 "2005-06-17T17:30:55Z")
Wouldn’t the opposite be someone who loves women? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/8 "2005-06-17T17:58:04Z")
> [@Crandolph](#): > > Wouldn’t the opposite be someone who loves women? No, the opposite would be someone who does not hate women. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/9 "2005-06-17T18:57:33Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > > [@Crandolph](#): > > > > Wouldn’t the opposite be someone who loves women? > > No, the opposite would be someone who does not hate women. Be careful! You two will shove this into Great Debates. In which way do you intend to use the word “opposite”? **Contradictory Opposition** : _Opposition of being and of non-being, as such._ man vs non-man **Privative Opposition** : _Opposition of being and non-being in a subject._ many vs unmanly **Contrary Opposition** : _Opposition of being and non-being in the same subject_. man vs brute **Relative Opposition** : _opposition of two positive terms which mutually refer to one another in the same subject._ man vs boy Pick your oppositional type and hurl your terms. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/10 "2005-06-17T19:01:18Z")
Quite simply, a definition is of the form “x is a y if and only if x has property P.” The opposite of having property P is not having property P. I don’t think that matches up exactly with any of your notions of opposition, but it’s the most obvious one to me. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/11 "2005-06-17T19:07:21Z")
Gynophile? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/12 "2005-06-18T05:06:12Z")
My thoughts exactly. A gynophile? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/13 "2005-06-18T05:07:35Z")
Heh, talk about forgetting to preview after leaving a thread open for a day. Don’t mind me. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-misogynist/308672/14 "2005-06-18T06:18:58Z")
> [@Enola Straight](#): > > Feminazi? Hmmn. I’m a guy who’s deeply misandrist. Last time I knew, I was neither a woman, nor was I a Nazi.