Gynephilia

noun

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Noun

1
The love of women; a sexual attraction to women, in general; female-oriented teleiophilia. uncountable

Synonyms

androphilia philogyny

Etymology

From Ancient Greek; equivalent to gyne- + -philia; see gyne.

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