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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Fondness or admiration for women; love of women: the opposite of misogyny.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The love or fondness for women.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun admiration for women

Etymologies

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phil- + -o- + -gyny

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