I thought "misogamist" meant "hates women" but

[Why Syzygy]

dictionary.com says "Hatred of marriage"!!!!

That is NOT the same thing. Is there a term for men who hate women?

[Liberal Veteran]

1. misogynist.

[Why Syzygy]

7. oh wow.. off by one (or two) letter(s)

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=8&q=misogamist

mi·sog·a·my ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-sg-m)
n.
Hatred of marriage


Thanks for clearing that up!

(m) (n) ..

is there a term for hates men? I'm there.

btdt.. it worksforme

mi·sog·y·nist ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-sj-nst)
n.
One who hates women.

adj.
Of or characterized by a hatred of women

[Petrushka]

9. misandry = hatred of men -- misanthropy = hatred of mankind (n/t)

[Why Syzygy]

11. Don't want to make this too personal

but. okay it is . I'll take misandry for awhile .

NOT misanthropy.. I love 'mankind' . which is the misogynist's name for HUMANITY . which includes WOMEN and little men.

[disillusioned1]

2. Huh?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=misogynist

4 entries found for misogynist.
mi·sog·y·nist ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-sj-nst)
n.
One who hates women.

adj.
Of or characterized by a hatred of women.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Main Entry: mi·sog·y·nist
Pronunciation: m&-'säj-&-n&st
Function: noun
: one who hates women—compare MISANDRIST —misogynist adjective —mi·sog·y·ny /m&-'säj-&-nE/ noun plural -nies

[ultraist]

6. egxactly! MisoGYNy gyn as in women like gynecologist

[imenja]

3. merrian-websters defines it as hatred of women

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=misogynist

That is the typical usage of the word.

[StClone]

4. Here's a sound alike

Miscegeny, miscegenation

# The interbreeding of different races or of persons of different racial backgrounds.
# Cohabitation, sexual relations, or marriage involving persons of different races.
# A mixture or hybridization: “There was musical miscegenation at a time when segregation was the common rule” (Don McLeese).

[InvisibleTouch]

5. See now, I would have guessed it meant...

...hatred of gametes.

[Why Syzygy]

8. You mean 'gamete'?

did you ever notice that liberals love words much more than the boxed ones?

gam·ete ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gmt, g-mt)
n.
A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.


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ga·metic (-mtk) adj.
ga·meti·cal·ly adv.


Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


gam·ete (gmt, g-mt)
n.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce a fertilized egg.


Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


Main Entry: ga·mete
Pronunciation: 'gam-"Et also g&-'mEt
Function: noun
: a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a gamete of the opposite sex called also sex cell —ga·met·ic /g&-'met-ik, -'mEt-/ adjective —ga·met·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

[applegrove]

10. The boxed ones like vague words - then they never get pinned down