philogynist

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English

Etymology

From philogyny +‎ -ist.

Noun

philogynist (plural philogynists)

  1. someone who is fond of women collectively.
    • 2005, Charles Harrington Elster, There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent Guide to Life, page 114:
      And how about a philogynist (fi-LAHJ-i-nist), a lover of women, or a philandrist (fi-LAN-drist), a lover of men?

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