Editing Misandry (section)

==Etymology and usage==
"Misandry" is formed from the Greek {{tlit|grc|misos}} ({{lang|grc|μῖσος}} 'hatred') and  {{tlit|grc|anēr}}, {{tlit|grc|andros}} ({{lang|grc|ἀνήρ}}, gen. {{lang|grc|ἀνδρός}} 'man').<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of misandry in English |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/misandry |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054052/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/misandry |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> A "misandrist" is a person who hates men.{{sfnp|Riggio|2020|p=446|ps=: "Misandry: hatred of men. A misandrist is a person who hates men. Anti-feminist groups often claim that feminism stems from misandry."}} "Misandrous" or "misandrist" can also be used as adjectives.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=misandry |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/misandry |access-date=4 November 2018 |encyclopedia=Dictionary.com |archive-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105062216/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/misandry |url-status=live}}</ref> Use of "misandrist" can be found as far back as an 1871 article in ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Blanche Seymour |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tU9AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22absolute+misandrist%22&pg=PA389 |access-date=9 April 2025 |magazine=The Spectator |volume=44 |issue=2231 |date=1 April 1871 |pages=388–389 |issn=0038-6952 |type=book review |via=Google Books |quote=We cannot, indeed, term her an absolute misandrist, as she fully admits the possibility, in most cases at least, of the reclamation of men from their naturally vicious and selfish state, though at the cost of so much trouble and vexation of spirit to women, that it is not quite clear whether she does not regard their existence as at best a mitigated evil.}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=April 2025}}

Translation of the French {{lang|fr|misandrie}} to the German {{lang|de|Männerhass}} (Hatred of Men) is recorded in 1803.<ref name="Krünitz 1803">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Oekonomische Encyklopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-, Stadt-, Haus- u. Landwirthschaft: in alphabetischer Ordnung. Von Lebens-Art bis Ledecz: Nebst einer einzigen Fig. Friedrich's des Einzigen, u. 3 Karten |trans-encyclopedia=Economic Encyclopedia or General System of State, City, Domestic, and Agriculture: in alphabetical order. From Lifestyle to Ledecz: With a single illustration of Frederick the Great and three maps |first=Johann Georg |last=Krünitz |publisher=Pauli |date=1803 |volume=90 |page=461 |lang=de |title=Männerhass}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=April 2025}}