Gynecophilia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sexual attraction to women. uncountable

    "If sexual orientation in males reflects either a biological predisposition toward behavioral undermasculinization (including diminished gynecophilia and enhanced androphilia in adulthood) or an early childhood social learning phenomenon […]"

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"If sexual orientation in males reflects either a biological predisposition toward behavioral undermasculinization (including diminished gynecophilia and enhanced androphilia in adulthood) or an early childhood social learning phenomenon […]"

Etymology

From gyneco- + -philia.

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