misandrist

[ mis-an-dreest ]

noun

1. someone, especially a woman, who hates, dislikes, or mistrusts men:

   Mainstream feminists are not misandrists; they seek equal rights for men and women on the basis that all genders have the ability and the right to lead self-determining lives.

adjective

1. showing a hatred, dislike, or mistrust of men:

   The allegedly misandrist attitude of the administration is causing discipline problems with the male students.

Word History and Origins

Origin of misandrist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; misandr(y) ( def ) + -ist ( def )

Example Sentences

For a film about misandrist revolutionaries, “Mayday” lacks the courage of its convictions — it sets up boogeymen as targets only to shoot them point blank, in broad daylight.

From New York Times

"She had short hair. She went to a women's college. She used some of the expressions these online mobs had somehow defined as 'misandrist expressions' for no clear reason."

From BBC

This film is feminist, indeed, but not misandrist.

From Los Angeles Times

Flanagan’s adaptation of King’s Gerald’s Game is an unrelentingly tense portrait of a woman preyed upon by men her entire life; it might make a misandrist out of you.

From The Guardian

The review aggregator Metacritic notes the critics’ rave responses, but the average user review is a dire 3.2 thanks to submissions from members of the public, who describe the film as “hateful and misandrist”.

From The Guardian