The term misandry started to be used in men's rights literature and academic literature on structural prejudice in the early 1980s. It has been used on the internet such as usenet, and blogs since at least 1989. Usage of the term misandry in the internet age is an outgrowth of antifeminism and misogyny.
Male chauvinism is the belief that men are superior to women.
What exactly IS misandry, you ask? It is literally the hatred of men (in ancient Greek, “mis” means hatred, and “andro“ means male or masculine). It is the inverse of misogyny.
Synonyms of misogynist (noun woman-hater) misanthrope. sexist. anti-feminist. male chauvinist.
Synonyms:brave, bold, heroic, courageous, daring, fearless, plucky, audacious, undaunted, nerveless.
Definition. Androcentrism literally means male-centered. Androcentrism results from and perpetuates a worldview that is persistently male, as a result of patriarchy, sexism, and misogyny in historical and contemporary cultures.
The Oxford English Dictionary (2000) defines masculinism, and synonymously masculism, as: "A male counterpart to feminism. Masculists reject the idea of universal patriarchy, arguing that before feminism most men were as disempowered as most women.
Definitions of misogynist. a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular. synonyms: woman hater. type of: misanthrope, misanthropist.
Synonyms of antifeminist (noun woman-hater) misanthrope. sexist. anti-feminist. male chauvinist.
synonyms for anti-feminist
On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anti-feminist, such as: sexist, chauvinist, male chauvinist pig, manist, masculist, and misogynist.
misogyny, hatred or prejudice against women, typically exhibited by men.
noun. love of or liking for women.
misanthrope. noun. mis·an·thrope ˈmis-ᵊn-ˌthrōp. : a person who hates or distrusts humankind.
Reverse sexism is a controversial term for discrimination against men and boys or for anti-male prejudice.
Pseudo feminism, also known as “fake feminism” or “performative feminism,” refers to actions or statements that appear to support feminist principles but are not actually grounded in a genuine belief in gender equality.
Today, the term misogynist is often used in place of male chauvinist, but the equivalent term for a female chauvinist—misandrist—is much less commonly used.
Gynocentrism is a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice. Anything can be gynocentric when it is considered exclusively with a female point of view in mind.
The idea of masculinities refers to the position of men in the gender order. Whitehead and Barrett explain that: Masculinities are those behaviours, languages and practices, existing in specific cultural and organisational locations, which are commonly associated with men, thus culturally defined as not feminine64.
Traditionally feminism is often divided into three main traditions, sometimes known as the "Big Three" schools of feminist thought: liberal/mainstream feminism, radical feminism and socialist or Marxist feminism.
: an advocate of male superiority or dominance.
egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving.
Also called: modern man. a. a member of any of the living races of Homo sapiens, characterized by erect bipedal posture, a highly developed brain, and powers of articulate speech, abstract reasoning, and imagination. b. any extinct member of the species Homo sapiens, such as Cro-Magnon man.
It is absolutely normal to dislike people or have negative feelings about them. Disliking spending time with others or just generally preferring to be alone can be signs of personality traits like introversion.
animosity. noun. a strong feeling of disliking someone or something.