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androphobic

androphobic adjective: exhibiting androphobia; averse to or fearful of men.

Adjective

androphobic (comparative more androphobic, superlative most androphobic)

  1. Exhibiting androphobia; averse to or fearful of men.
    • Androphobic women typically describe men in images that are larger than life.1988, Stephen Price, Susan Price, No more lonely nights
    • This scene that aims at curbing male pride is disturbing for its androphobic undertone.2001, Françoise Ghillebaert, Spirituality and growth in the cross-dressed heroines of George Sand

Forms of androphobic

comparativemore androphobic
superlativemost androphobic

Origin of androphobic

From andro- + -phobic.

Questions about androphobic

What does androphobic mean?
Androphobic means exhibiting androphobia; averse to or fearful of men.
What part of speech is androphobic?
Androphobic is an adjective.

Words near androphobic in the dictionary

  1. androphilia
  2. androphilic
  3. androphilous
  4. androphobe
  5. androphobia
  6. androphobic
  7. androphora
  8. androphore
  9. androphores
  10. androphorous
  11. androphorum

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