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boter_99 asked in Arts & HumanitiesOther - Arts & Humanities · 1 decade ago

A new word?

Since I have been unable to find an antonym for misogynist (A man who hates women) I thought I would invent one...

Wisogynist - (wa-sa-gin-est) a woman who hates men.

What do you think?

Anyone know how I might go about submitting it to Webster's?

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  • josephlincolnlordstanley
    1 decade ago
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    Sorry to break the news, but it already exist. A woman, or for that matter anybody, who hates men as a gender would be a misandrist, whereas somebody who hates the whole of mankind as a whole is a misanthropist.

  • LoonieGirl
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Websters revises every few years to include new popular words (much the same as the Oxford English Dictionary). The only way to get it into a dictionary is to make it a widely used word.

  • SP217
    1 decade ago

    Wouldn't the opposite of a misogynist be a man who loves women?

  • Emma T
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I disagree, there is an antonym for misogynist, it's REALIST!!!

    Sorry, couldn't resist. I think the word has to be in mainstream use before submission.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's cool. I like it. But I don't knwo how to submit to Webster.

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