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mis(o)-
Hatred for or a hater of something.
Greek misos, hatred.
A man who is misogynistic (Greek gunē, woman) hates women; misandry (Greek aner, andr‑, man) is hatred of men; misanthropy (Greek anthropos, man), is a dislike of humankind in general; misology (Greek logos, reason) is a hatred of reason, reasoning, or knowledge.
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