misogamy
9.9
A strong dislike of marriage and married life
- noun
- /mɪˈsɑːɡəmi/
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misogamia
- His misogamy made him reluctant to enter into any long-term relationships.
Examples
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Many people find her misogamy surprising, given her parents' happy marriage.
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Your obsequiousness, your hypocrisy, your misogamy?
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Misogamy.
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Her outspoken misogamy has led to interesting discussions about traditional values.
Surface Forms
misogamy singular
misogamies plural
Morphology
misogamy = miso + gamy
Built from Greek combining forms miso- ('hatred') + -gamy ('marriage'), which are not productive standalone English words, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from familiar English bases.
Etymology
Misogamy comes from the Greek parts miso- 'hate' and gamy 'marriage', the same gamy you see in monogamy or polygamy. So, misogamy means a strong dislike or hatred of marriage.
