philogyny

[ fi-loj-uh-nee ]

noun

1. love of or liking for women.

philogyny

/ fɪˈlɒdʒɪnɪ /

noun

1. rare.
   fondness for women Compare misogyny

Derived Forms

• phiˈlogynous, adjective
• phiˈlogynist, noun

Other Words From

• phi·logy·nist noun
• phi·logy·nous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of philogyny¹

1745–55; < Greek philogynía. See philo-, -gyny ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of philogyny¹

C17: from Greek philogunia, from philo- + gunē woman

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.

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Emotional preaching afflicts him with "jerks," golf has a tendency to paresis, the round dance infects him with philogyny and bicycling deforms his face.

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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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