miso-, mis-, -misia +
(Greek: hate, hater, hatred; disgust for; revulsion of; for example, a man by a woman or women by men; an antonym of "love, fondness for")
Don't confuse this miso-, mis- unit with the following units:
mis-, "bad, wrong";
miss-, -miss, -mis- "send, throw".
homosexualmisia
A hatred of homosexuality and homosexuals.
iatromisia
A dislike or aversion for the medical profession or for medical doctors.
Islamomisia
A hatred of those who are followers of Islam; especially, those radicals who try to justify their murdering and destruction in the name of Islam.
logomisia
A disgust or hatred for certain words or for a particular word.
misandrist
One who hates men; especially, a woman.
misandronist
A fanatical misandrist, a person consumed with hatred for men and driven by the belief that men are the source of all the world’s problems.
misandrous
Hatred of men as a sexually defined group; especially by women.
misandry, misandria
1. A hatred of a man or of men in general; especially by women.
2. An extreme dislike of males, frequently based upon unhappy experiences or upbringing as a child.
misanthrope
1. Someone who has a hatred or distrust of all people (mankind).
2. Someone who avoids social contacts with people.
A misanthrope is a man who always believes the worst of a person at first and never changes his mind.
The man who has little faith in mankind, and even less in womankind.
—Evan Esar. Esar’s Comic Dictionary
misanthropic
1. Like a misanthrope.
2. A hatred or contempt for mankind in general.
3. Avoiding the company of others; a strong preference to be solitary.
misanthropize
To be a misanthrope; to hate mankind.
misanthropy, misanthropism
1. Hatred of, or aversion to, mankind; or a profound morbid distrust of human beings individually and collectively.
2. A hatred of humans in general; pessimistic distrust of human nature expressed in thoughts and behaviors.
Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence.
—William Blake, 1757-1827
misapodysis
1. An abnormal aversion for disrobing as in marital life.
2. The hatred of undressing in front of anyone.
misarchist
A hater of government or authority.
misarchy
The hatred of government or authority.
Related "hate, hatred" word sources:
odi-;
stygio-.
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