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antifemale en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From anti- + female.

Meanings

  1. Averse to, or acting against, females.
    • As Das Gupta reports, antifemale bias is stronger for later-born siblings. 2009 September 6, “The Daughter Deficit”, in New York Times:
    • Susan Brownmiller states that heterosexual pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda, and a clear explication of the philosophy of rape. 1976 February 14, "Story of O" Is A Rape Scene, “Michael Bronski”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 13:

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more antifemale Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most antifemale Degree=Sup lexicographic
anti-female alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

womanhating · gynophobic · misogynous · misogynist

antifemale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From anti- + female.

Meanings

  1. A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.
    • We [are] entering this new era in molecular biology of sex determination where it's a more subtle dosage of genes, some pro-males, some pro-females, some anti-males, some anti-females that all interplay with each other rather than a simply linear pathway of genes going one after the other. 2018, Bentlee Salinas, Plant Cytogenetics, Breeding and Evolution, page 226:

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anti-female alternative lexicographic
antifemales Number=Plur lexicographic