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misandrist

/mɪˈsændrɪst/noun

उच्चारण मिसैन्ड्रिस्ट

पुरुष-द्वेषी

Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CPO Pre 2024SSC Exams before 2018
noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a person, usually a woman, who hates men

    पुरुष-द्वेषी

    • She was wrongly called a misandrist for criticizing the system.
    • The columnist said that calling every critic a misandrist ends all useful discussion.
    • The columnist rejected the label of misandrist and asked for fair debate.
    + 2 more examples
    • A true misandrist treats all men with contempt.
    • The writer said she was not a misandrist, only a critic of unfair customs.
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mis·an·drist

⌂Word origin and word building

Mis- means hate (from the Greek misein), andr- means man (as in android).

Mis- का अर्थ घृणा (यूनानी misein से), andr- का अर्थ पुरुष (android की तरह)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who hates men is a misandrist; women a misogynist; mankind a misanthrope; marriage a misogamist; a person who loves women a philogynist; mankind a philanthropist.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: पुरुषों से घृणा करने वाला misandrist; स्त्रियों से misogynist; मानव जाति से misanthrope; विवाह से misogamist; स्त्रियों से प्रेम करने वाला philogynist; मानव जाति से philanthropist।