anti-ˈfeministn.adj.
A. n.
One opposed to women or to feminism (sense 3); a person (usu. a man) who is hostile to sexual equality or to the advocacy of women's rights.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > discrimination or inegalitarianism > by sex > adherent of
phallist1895
anti-feminist1924
male chauvinist1940
sexist1949
male chauvinist pig1969
phallocrat1975
1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan Pref. p. x, If a historian is an Anti-Feminist, and does not believe women to be capable of genius in the traditional masculine departments, he will never make anything of Joan, whose genius was turned to practical account mainly in soldiering and politics.
1930 C. S. Lewis Let. 10 June (1966) 141 His taking—what one expects to find mentioned only in anti-feminists—the Lilithian desire to be admired.
1982 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Sept. 46 Many points were valid and even antifeminists have seen the hopelessness of arguing against them.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by such views.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > [adjective] > discriminatory or inegalitarian > by sex
phallocentric1927
anti-feminist1936
phallic-centred1963
male-chauvinistic1968
sexist1968
phallocratic1975
phallicist1991
1936 H. Nicolson Let. 2 Dec. (1966) 281 How I loathe and detest women... I am feeling very anti-feminist tonight. I loathe women. The only thing that will make them behave decently is to give them complete equality and no privileges.
1970 R. Barber Knight & Chivalry ii. viii. 131 Jean..is on the side of the clerks, when he is not being openly antifeminist.
Derivatives
anti-feminism n.
ΚΠ
1954 J. A. C. Brown Social Psychol. of Industry vi. 175 Such attitudes as loyalty to a leader,..stress on authoritarian discipline, antifeminism, partriotism.
1981 Amer. Speech 56 87 Reactions against earlier epicene pronouns often reveal a spirit of antifeminism.
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