“Misogynistic” means showing hatred, dislike, or strong prejudice against women, or being influenced by deep bias that treats women as less valuable or less human than men.

Core meaning

  • The word describes attitudes, words, or actions that are hostile, demeaning, or unfair toward women as a group, not just disagreement with one specific woman.
  • It comes from terms meaning “hatred of women,” and is closely related to “misogyny,” which is the broader pattern or system of contempt and discrimination against women.

Everyday examples

  • A person who repeatedly says women are inferior, less intelligent, or only useful for sex or housework is showing misogynistic beliefs.
  • Workplaces, media, or jokes can be called misogynistic when they normalize putting women down, excluding them from power, or treating them mainly as objects rather than full people.

How it’s used online and in news

  • In recent years, people often use “misogynistic” to call out slurs, lyrics, online harassment, or political rhetoric that targets women or reinforces their lower status.
  • Forum discussions and social media debates frequently revolve around whether a comment or joke crosses the line from mere rudeness into misogynistic, especially when it reflects a repeated pattern of hostility toward women.

TL;DR: Calling something misogynistic means it expresses or reinforces hatred, contempt, or entrenched prejudice toward women, not just a one‑off disagreement with a woman.

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