We know “misogynist” is the word that we use for "a man who hates women”.
Do we have any single word for “a woman who hates men”?
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Sign up to join this communityWe know “misogynist” is the word that we use for "a man who hates women”.
Do we have any single word for “a woman who hates men”?
Misandry is the equivalent term.
According to Wikipedia, the "mis" bit refers to hatred, and the "andry" bit refers to men.
Someone who engages in misandry is a misandrist.
A woman who hates men can be described as a misandrist, and the corresponding noun is misandry.
Women who hate men are misandrists, as men who hate women are misogynists.
One who hates men is a "Misandrist". But a "Misandrist" can be male or female.
The "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" controversy in December 2003 was based on misandry.
The word "Circe" can be used for women who hate men. In a 1942 book by Dr. Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, the word circe stands for women whose greatest pleasure comes from luring men to their destruction. In Greek mythology, Circe transformed her enemies into animals and she was exiled to the solitary island of Aeaea for ending the life of her husband, the prince of Colchis.
The only terms that I think apply are female sexist or female chauvinist. Any other words that could be taken to refer to a female misandrist have been usurped and have strong clinical and/or behavioural denotations.
Some have gone so far as to call them female chauvinist pigs
A woman who hates men is a man-hater.
Like misandrist, however, the definition isn't confined strictly to women who hate men.