2. Noun. Discrimination against males. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misandry
1. hatred of men [n -DRIES]
Medical Definition of Misandry
1. Aversion to or hatred of men. Origin: G. Miseo, to hate, + aner, andros, male (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misandry
Literary usage of Misandry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"She could not account for it, and it was a growing source of bitterness, of
misogyny as well as misandry. Some of the puny feeble misses whom she despised ..."
2. Dynamic Sociology by Lester Frank Ward (1883)
"If any have been inclined to accuse me of this species of misandry, they need
simply to be reminded that I have been only seeking to study the condition of ..."
3. Dynamic Sociology: Or Applied Social Science by Lester Frank Ward (1897)
"If any have bean inclined to accuse me of this species of misandry, they need
simply to be reminded that I have been only seeking to study the condition of ..."
4. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1915)
"... much less of their opposites, misanthropy, misogyny, and misandry, for the
last of which terms the synonym Miss Anthony is now in common use. ..."
5. Community, a Sociological Study: Being an Attempt to Set Out the Nature and by Robert Morrison MacIver (1920)
"... is that of sex-responsibility in sex relations, a common source of misogyny
and misandry. • Ezekiel xviii. 1-4 ; so also Jeremiah xxxi. ..."
6. Dynamic Sociology, Or Applied Social Science, as Based Upon Statical by Lester Frank Ward (1894)
"If any have been inclined to accuse me of this species of misandry, they need
simply to be reminded that I have been only seeking to study the condition of ..."
Other Resources:
