woman hater
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- noun
- Offensive
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- The author revealed himself to be a woman-hater in his latest book, which sparked significant backlash.
Examples
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I find it more effective than all the "woman-hater" accusations.
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A woman-hater?
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To say that they are women haters is wrong.
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You have been proven time and time again to be a liar and a woman hater.
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- Aren't you the one they call the woman hater?
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But that doesn't make them woman haters.
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I'm convinced that all fashion designers are woman-haters.
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But now you can't even stand up and say I disagree with you without being branded a woman hater or something else.
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You woman haters!
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A deranged woman-hater.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who dislikes or hates women
How Hostile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who strongly dislikes women' is directly and compositionally derived from 'woman' (target) + 'hater' (someone who hates). This straightforward noun–noun compounding follows a common pattern in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Woman hater comes from joining woman and hater. A hater is someone who 'hates' something, so imagine a person who turns away from or is angry at women. So, the phrase means someone who 'strongly dislikes' or is unfriendly to women.