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gynecophilia

gynecophilia noun: sexual attraction to women.

Noun

gynecophilia (uncountable)

  1. Sexual attraction to women.
    • If sexual orientation in males reflects either a biological predisposition toward behavioral undermasculinization (including diminished gynecophilia and enhanced androphilia in adulthood) or an early childhood social learning phenomenon […]2000, John Bancroft, The Role of Theory in Sex Research, page 111

Origin of gynecophilia

From gyneco- + -philia.

Questions about gynecophilia

What does gynecophilia mean?
Gynecophilia means sexual attraction to women.
What part of speech is gynecophilia?
Gynecophilia is a noun.

Words near gynecophilia in the dictionary

  1. gynecopathologists
  2. gynecopathology
  3. gynecopathy
  4. gynecophile
  5. gynecophiles
  6. gynecophilia
  7. gynecophilic
  8. gynecophobia
  9. gynecophoral
  10. gynecophore
  11. gynecophores

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