Philogyny definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

View all »
Definitions (3)

Fondness or admiration for women; love of women: the opposite of misogyny. We will therefore draw a curtain over this scene, from that philogyny which is in us. Fielding, Jonathan Wild, i. 10. Because the Turks so much admire philogyny, Although their usage of their wives is sad. Byron, Beppo, st. 70.

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 CHAPTER ELEVEN CONTAINING AS NOTABLE INSTANCES OF HUMAN GREATNESS AS ARE TO BE MET WITH IN ANCIENT OR MODERN HISTORY. — The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great
Because the Turks so much admire philogyny, [bo] — The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4
Because the Turks so much admire philogyny, — History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)
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. — The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great