gynecophilia

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noun

Sexual attraction to women.

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Meanings

noungynecophilia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSexual 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

From gyneco- + -philia.

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APA

gynecophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynecophilia

MLA

“gynecophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynecophilia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gynecophilia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynecophilia.

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