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词汇 misogamy
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Definition of misogamy in English:

misogamy

noun mɪˈsɒɡəmiməˈsɑɡəmi
mass nounrare
  • Dislike of or aversion to marriage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moll's misogamy provides a powerful alternative to the veneration of marriage and procreation that informs the epithalamic ending.
    • You never practice misogamy in front of a groom!
    • Why can't you just get over your misogamy and marry Alex?
    • The absence of a concluding discussion leaves the reader without a clear perspective on the literary treatment accorded to the themes of misogyny and misogamy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Derivatives

  • misogamist

  • noun mɪˈsɒɡəmɪstməˈsɑɡəməst
    rare
    • The bleeding heart misogamists hate not only marriage between man and woman, but they also loathe the supremacy of the common man over the pretense of their oligarchic condescension.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ganymede frequently appears in the debate dialogues popular in the medieval period, as both a misogynist and a misogamist.
      • I should hasten to point out that I am no misogamist, however near misogamy the attitude above brings me (but it is fatherhood alone I am avoiding).

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek misos 'hatred' + gamos 'marriage'.

Rhymes

endogamy, exogamy, heterogamy, homogamy, monogamy

Definition of misogamy in US English:

misogamy

nounməˈsäɡəmēməˈsɑɡəmi
rare
  • The hatred of marriage.

    〈罕〉厌婚症,仇视婚姻

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Why can't you just get over your misogamy and marry Alex?
    • Moll's misogamy provides a powerful alternative to the veneration of marriage and procreation that informs the epithalamic ending.
    • The absence of a concluding discussion leaves the reader without a clear perspective on the literary treatment accorded to the themes of misogyny and misogamy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
    • You never practice misogamy in front of a groom!

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek misos ‘hatred’ + gamos ‘marriage’.

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