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philogyny
[fi-loj-uh-nee]
noun
love of or liking for women.
philogyny
/ ɪˈɒɪɪ /
noun
rarefondness for women Compare misogyny
Other Word Forms
- philogynist noun
- philogynous adjective
- ˈDzԴdzܲ adjective
- ˈDzԾ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of philogyny1
Word History and Origins
Origin of philogyny1
Example Sentences
It is well known that a happy betrothal, reposing on true love, and not on pecuniary interests, often transforms a young man from pessimism to optimism, from misogyny to philogyny.
Emotional preaching afflicts him with "jerks," golf has a tendency to paresis, the round dance infects him with philogyny and bicycling deforms his face.
We will, therefore, draw a curtain over this scene, from that philogyny which is in us, and proceed to matters which, instead of dishonouring the human species, will greatly raise and ennoble it.
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