philogynist
/fɪˈlɒdʒɪnɪst
/noun formal
A person who likes or admires women.So for the men the next time a woman accuses you of being a misogynist you can reply "Well, actually I'm a philogynist....
- For the human being, to my mind, is a thing of beauty in emotion, in mind and in body when given the freedom to let its imagination fly and, being a philogynist, to have this portrayed visually by women is most wonderful!
Derivatives
philogyny
- And in this issue of Diwan he is joined by the tempestuous genius William Blake and the German-French Lena Vandrey whose sophisticated philogyny is fascinating in its explosion of shapes and colours.
- Misogyny and philogyny are two sides of the same coin, to use a cliché. It is to Bukowski's credit that the women he describes are heterogeneous and non-interchangeable.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from philo- 'loving' + Greek gunē 'woman' + -ist.
Rhymes
- electrisation
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- electrize
- electrizing
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- electroacoustical
- electroactive
- electroactivity
- electro-acupuncture
- electroacupuncture
- electroanalysis
- electroanalytic
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- electroantennographic
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- electroballistic
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- electrobiologist
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- electroblot
- electroblotting
- electro-brassed