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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmisoginia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: misoginia
"Debemos erradicar la misoginia en todas sus formas."
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Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.
"He faced widespread condemnation for his blatant misogyny."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the mid 17th century, derived from Greek misogynia, from misogynos 'hating women', from miso- 'hating' + gynē 'woman'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "misogyny" is said worldwide
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misogynie
Transliteration: misogynie
"La lutte contre la misogynie est essentielle pour l'égalité."
Misogynie
Transliteration: Misogynie
"Misogynie hat keinen Platz in einer modernen Gesellschaft."
misoginia
Transliteration: misoginia
"La misoginia è una forma di discriminazione radicata."
misoginia
Transliteration: misoginia
"Debemos erradicar la misoginia en todas sus formas."
misoginia
Transliteration: misoginia
"A misoginia é combatida por movimentos sociais em todo o mundo."
स्त्रीद्वेष
Transliteration: streedvesh
"समाज में स्त्रीद्वेष के खिलाफ आवाज उठाना जरूरी है।"
厌女症
Transliteration: yànnǚzhèng
"我们需要消除社会中存在的厌女症现象。"
여성혐오
Transliteration: yeoseonghyeomo
"우리는 사회적 여성혐오에 맞서 싸워야 합니다."
ミソジニー
Transliteration: misojinī
"職場におけるミソジニーをなくす必要がある。"
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