ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Misogamy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Misogamy is a noun meaning Hatred of or opposition to marriage.

Meaning

Hatred of or opposition to marriage.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misogyny, homomisia, misogynism, antimatrimonialist, anti-misogyny, gamophobia.

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