dogophile

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noun

A lover of dogs; a cynophile.

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Meanings

noundogophile (plural dogophiles)

plural dogophiles

  1. informalrareA lover of dogs; a cynophile.

    As a psychologist with a Ph.D. in cognitive science, as well as an ardent dogophile, Horowitz aims “to take an informed imaginative leap inside of a dog — to see what it is like to be a dog; what the world is like from a dog’s point of view.”

    2009 September 13, Cathleen Schine, “Grrr, Sniff, Arf”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cynophile

Origin

From dog + -phile.

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Cite this entry
APA

dogophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogophile

MLA

“dogophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogophile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogophile.

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