philogyny

American  

[fi-loj-uh-nee] / fɪˈlɒdʒ ə ni /

noun

1. love of or liking for women.

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philogyny British  

/ fɪˈlɒdʒɪnɪ /

noun

1. rare fondness for women Compare misogyny

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Other Word Forms

• philogynist noun
• philogynous adjective

Etymology

Origin of philogyny

1745–55; < Greek philogynía. See philo-, -gyny ( def. )

Example Sentences

We will, therefore, draw a curtain over this scene, from that philogyny which is in us, and proceed to matters which, instead of dishonouring the human species, will greatly raise and ennoble it.

From The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great by Fielding, Henry

It is well known that a happy betrothal, reposing on true love, and not on pecuniary interests, often transforms a young man from pessimism to optimism, from misogyny to philogyny.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Emotional preaching afflicts him with "jerks," golf has a tendency to paresis, the round dance infects him with philogyny and bicycling deforms his face.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper