misogamist

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A person who strongly dislikes marriage and avoids marrying

noun
/mɪˈzɒɡəmɪst/

: misógamo

During the discussion, he identified himself as a misogamist, arguing that marriage limits personal growth.

Examples

As a self-proclaimed misogamist, he often expressed his disdain for traditional weddings.
Her strong opinions about marriage revealed her as a misogamist who believed in personal freedom.
The latter two words contain elements found in such words as "anglophile" and "misogamist."

Academic text (1990)
Shaking like a wedding announcement in a misogamist's fist, Alobar examined the shoe, unfolded, and reread the note.

Fiction book (1990)

Surface Forms

misogamist singular

misogamists plural

Morphology

misogamist = misogamy (transparent) = miso + gamy + ist

Formed from the noun 'misogamy' (hatred of marriage) with the standard agentive suffix '-ist', yielding 'a person who hates marriage'.

Etymology

The word misogamist comes from Greek parts mis- 'hate' and -gamy 'marriage', and you see the same -gamy in monogamy and polygamy. So a misogamist is someone who strongly dislikes marriage.