Bermudaonion asks you to share new words that you have learned during your reading adventures in the last week. Feel free to join in the fun!Here is a new word that I learned this week while reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer:
Misogynistic:(mĭ-sŏj'ə-nĭs'tĭk) Of or characterized by a hatred of women.
Here is how misogynistic was used on page 143:
"Whether Shakespeare's treatment of the female characters is misogynistic."
So did you learn any new words this week?
3 comments:
Wow, I wonder if there's a word for a hatred of men. Thanks for participating today!
To answer Kathy's question, there's misanthropy for hatred of people, and it turns out that misandry means hatred of men or boys (although I had to look that one up on Wikipedia, as I've never heard it before!).
That's so interesting - thanks for answering my question, Avis!
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