noun
Meaning 1
Love or fondness for women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
philogyny
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noun
Meaning 2
admiration for women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: misogyny
Broader terms: admiration, esteem
History
Etymology
From philo- + -gyny.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: filogínia — love or respect for women
- Chinese Mandarin: 爱女人 (àinǚrén) — love or respect for women
- Esperanto: filogineco — love or respect for women
- Finnish: filogynia — love or respect for women
- French: philogynie — love or respect for women
- Georgian: ფილოგინია (piloginia) — love or respect for women
- German: Philogynie — love or respect for women
- Greek: φιλογυνία (filogynía) — love or respect for women
- Ancient Greek: φιλογυνία (philogunía) — love or respect for women
- Ancient Greek: φιλογύνεια (philogúneia) — love or respect for women
- Italian: filoginia — love or respect for women
- Portuguese: filoginia — love or respect for women
- Russian: женолюбие (ženoljubije) — love or respect for women
- Spanish: filoginia — love or respect for women
- Swedish: filogyni — love or respect for women
- Ukrainian: філогіні́я (filohiníja) — love or respect for women