Meanings
noungynophobia (uncountable)
alternative gynaephobia · alternative gynephobia
- uncountableFear of or aversion to women or girls.
I fear both kinds. I must admit to gynophobia – the general fear of women – and, in particular, venustraphobia – the fear of beautiful women.
2012 January 14, David Tang, “The second-class sex”, in Financial TimesSynonyms: femiphobia, feminophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear of or aversion to women or girls.
Similar
femiphobiafeminophobia
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷḗn
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷənā
- Ancient Greekγῠνή (gŭnḗ)
- Englishgyno-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
- Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
- Englishgynophobia
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 女性恐懼症 /女性恐惧症, 恐女症
- 女性恐懼症 /女性恐惧症 (nǚxìng kǒngjùzhèng)fear or hatred of women
- 恐女症 (kǒngyìzhèng)fear or hatred of women
- 恐女 (kǒngyì)fear or hatred of women
Finnish gynofobia, naispelko
- gynofobiafear or hatred of women
- naispelkofear or hatred of women
French gynophobie
- gynophobiefear or hatred of women
German Gynophobie, Gynäkophobie
- Gynophobiefear or hatred of women
- Gynäkophobiefear or hatred of women
- Gynäphobiefear or hatred of women
- Weiberscheufear or hatred of women
Japanese 女性恐怖症
- 女性恐怖症 (josei kyōfushō)fear or hatred of women
Korean 여성공포증, 여자공포증
- 여성공포증 (yeoseonggongpojeung)fear or hatred of women
- 여자공포증 (yeojagongpojeung)fear or hatred of women
Polish gynofobia
- gynofobiafear or hatred of women
Portuguese ginofobia
- ginofobiafear or hatred of women
Russian гинофо́бия, женоненави́стничество
- гинофо́бия (ginofóbija)fear or hatred of women
- женоненави́стничество (ženonenavístničestvo)fear or hatred of women
Swedish gynofobi
- gynofobifear or hatred of women
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gynophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
gynophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynophobia
MLA
“gynophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gynophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynophobia.
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