misogamy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English miso- Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-der. Ancient Greek γᾰ́μος (gắmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -γαμία (-gamía)bor. English -gamy English misogamy From miso- + -gamy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Hatred of or opposition to marriage
Misogamy flourished in twelfth-century clerical culture, and there's no shortage of ideas about wives that the author of Sawles Warde could have drawn on, from Peter Abelard, Walter Map, John of Salisbury, and Hugh of Folietto all of whom wrote treatises denigrating the value of marriage.
2002, Julie Bond Hassel, Choosing Not to Marry: Women and Autonomy in the Katherine Group, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 95:
Deriveds
Translations (3)
ca misogàmia (Hatred of or opposition to marriage) · pt misogamia (Hatred of or opposition to marriage) · ja 厭婚 (Hatred of or opposition to marriage)