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ANTIFEMINIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antifeminist mean?
• ANTIFEMINIST (noun)
The noun ANTIFEMINIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women
Familiarity information: ANTIFEMINIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("antifeminist" is a kind of...):
bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antifeminist"):
male chauvinist; sexist (a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women)
Derivation:
antifeminism (activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women)
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