neo-misogyny

English

Alternative forms

• neomisogyny

Etymology

neo- +‎ misogyny. Attested since the 20th century.

Noun

neo-misogyny (plural not attested)

1. (rare) Modern misogyny.
   • 1997, Dominique D. Fisher, Articulations of Difference: Gender Studies and Writing in French:

     Butor thus sees in "Baudelaire's lesbianism" a kind of neo-misogyny that combines an exaltation of the mundus muliebris with the reassertion that "virility is the very sign of creative power".