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IDoMath

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5. What am I missing here?

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 09:08 PM

Nov 2012

I can see the lack of symmetry in the definitions but the implications elude me. I'm kind of guessing that the definition for misogyny is more modern due to recent academic work on the concept which might account for the more refined definition. help?

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misogyny vs misandry [View all] niyad Nov 2012 OP

Whoa ismnotwasm Nov 2012 #1

Etymology Cerridwen Nov 2012 #2

Yep I was just reading the misogynistic male terms and thought, "HUH!" Lionessa Nov 2012 #3

I'm just a misanthrope and curmudgeon GoneOffShore Nov 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #6

What am I missing here? IDoMath Nov 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #7

Yup.` Igel Nov 2012 #19

Oh lord. I illustrated that this "extended" definition is an outlier. Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #22

Oxford Dictionaries says this... Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #8

"Misanthropy" x2 vancouverite Nov 2012 #9

Misanthropy tledford Nov 2012 #10

Yep. People often conflate "man" and "mankind" I think that's why the Oxford Dictionaries Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #11

Greek distinguishes between "andros" (male) and "anthropos" (person) ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2012 #20

Merriam -Webster defines each term thus: Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #12

"misandry" is not included in my dictionary. Cerridwen Nov 2012 #13

So? It's an obvious construction IDoMath Nov 2012 #16

1993- not in common use. Cerridwen Nov 2012 #17

Oh, I see. OK, that is interesting. IDoMath Nov 2012 #18

The history of misandry... Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #21

That's some serious nit. GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #14

And an outlier nit at that. The OP had to bypass several other dictionaries that treat those words Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #15