"misopogon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn/ Forms: misopogons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), which is incidentally the title of a book by Emperor Julian, from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|grc|μισοπώγων|t=somebody who hates beards}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), {{affix|grc|μῖσος|πώγων|nocat=1|t1=hatred|t2=beard}} μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} misopogon (plural misopogons)
  1. (rare) A person with hate or contempt for beards. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-misopogon-en-noun-Yb8X8hQg
  2. (rare) A person with hate or contempt for beards.
    (figurative, literary) by extension, contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.)
    Tags: figuratively, literary, rare Categories (topical): Anger, Beards, Hair, People
    Sense id: en-misopogon-en-noun-VSBV64UH Disambiguation of Anger: 28 72 Disambiguation of Beards: 28 72 Disambiguation of Hair: 8 92 Disambiguation of People: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misopogonistically Related terms: pogonophobe, beardism

Inflected forms

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