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gynephilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gy-nephil-ia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, gyne- + -philia (See gyne).

Usage

Inflected Forms

gynophilia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

autogynephilia gynephile gynephilic androphilia

Questions

What does gynephilia mean?
The love of women; a sexual attraction to women, in general; female-oriented teleiophilia.
Where does gynephilia come from?
From Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, gyne- + -philia (See gyne).

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