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philogyny

[ fi-loj-uh-nee ]

noun

  1. love of or liking for women.


philogyny

/ ɪˈɒɪɪ /

noun

  1. rare.
    fondness for women Compare misogyny
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԴdzܲ, adjective
  • ˈDzԾ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Dzy·Ծ noun
  • ·Dzy·Դdzܲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of philogyny1

1745–55; < Greek 󾱱Dzí. See philo-, -gyny ( def )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of philogyny1

C17: from Greek philogunia, from philo- + ܲŧ woman
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Example Sentences

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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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