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Bookmark or Share- Is “misogyny” only applicable to men? What is the antonym of misogyny?You've misconstrued the etymology of misogyny - it's Gr. miso (I hate) + gyne (woman). It's only applicable to "woman-haters". The equivalent for "man-hating" is misandry. Hence misandrist n., one who hates men, a man-hater (esp. in feminist usage). I also think you've been misled by the conventional assumption that all misogynists must be men ...
- What does "no love lost" mean and where does it come from?In other words, unrequited love was considered to be "lost". This could be used to say they both love each other equally, or they both hate each other equally. The idiom has now come to mean only the second possibility. From this 1754 English-Danish dictionary we have a translation: ieg elsker dig ikke meere end du elsker mig
- etymology - What is the origin of the phrase "hate your guts ...hate someone's guts to hate someone intensely UK, 1918. The Historical Dictionary of American Slang has a similar "I hate his intestines" from 1901, and according to chief editor Jonathan Lighter: "Guts being regarded in that far-off age as rather vulgar." Antedating. I found a 1913 (and possibly 1912) antedating.
- What is the word for someone who hates confrontation?Also, hate and dislike come from negative feelings associated with the confrontation, so it's still fear, albeit less concentrated. Confronting or getting confronted by someone a meaningful number of times will cause this hate and dislike to disappear, so it's a temporary condition and the person shouldn't be named anything but inexperienced.
- How did phobia ever come to mean hatred? - English Language & Usage ...When using the word "hate" there must be an "object" that is being "hated." Hating a human is necessarily inflicting pain on that human. To hate an inanimate object, however, doesn't inflict pain since objects cannot experience the resulting pain of hate; an object does not experience. "Hating being in a crowd" is derived from the fear you ...
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