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misopogon.

A person with hate or contempt for beards.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn/
  1. A person with hate or contempt for beards.

    rare
  2. A person with hate or contempt for beards. The contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.)

    broadly · figuratively · literary · rare
Where this word comes from

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”).

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