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PRONUNCIATION OF GYNOPHOBIA

gynophobia  [ˌdʒaɪnəʊˈfəʊbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GYNOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gynophobia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GYNOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gynophobia

Gynophobia is an abnormal fear of women. In the past, the Latin term horror feminae was used, meaning "fear of women". The word caligynephobia is also coined to mean the fear of beautiful women. Should not be confused with misogyny, the hatred, dislike, contempt for or ingrained prejudice against women and/or girls. Its antonym is philogyny, the fondness, love, or admiration of women.

Definition of gynophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of gynophobia in the dictionary is a dread or hatred of women.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GYNOPHOBIA


acrophobia
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪə
aerophobia
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪə
agoraphobia
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪə
arachnophobia
əˌræknəˈfəʊbɪə
claustrophobia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə
emetophobia
ɪˌmetəˈfəʊbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
hydrophobia
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə
Islamophobia
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪə
monophobia
ˌmɒnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
neophobia
ˌniːəʊˈfəʊbɪə
nomophobia
ˌnəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
nyctophobia
ˌnɪktəʊˈfəʊbɪə
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə
phonophobia
ˌfəʊnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
photophobia
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə
scopophobia
ˌskɒpəˈfəʊbɪə
technophobia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfəʊbɪə
triskaidekaphobia
ˌtrɪskaɪˌdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə
xenophobia
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GYNOPHOBIA

gyniatry
gynie
gyniolatry
gynney
gynocracy
gynocratic
gynodioecious
gynodioecism
gynoecea
gynoecia
gynoecium
gynogenesis
gynogenetic
gynomonoecious
gynomonoecism
gynophobe
gynophobic
gynophore
gynophoric
gyny

WORDS THAT END LIKE GYNOPHOBIA

aichmophobia
ailurophobia
algophobia
anglophobia
anthropophobia
aquaphobia
astraphobia
astrophobia
autophobia
mysophobia
necrophobia
ornithophobia
panophobia
pyrophobia
Russophobia
school phobia
sitophobia
social phobia
thanatophobia
Zenobia
zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of gynophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gynophobia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GYNOPHOBIA

Find out the translation of gynophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gynophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gynophobia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gynophobia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ginofobia
570 millions of speakers

English

gynophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gynophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهاب النساء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gynophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gynophobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gynophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gynophobia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gynophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gynophobia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

女性恐怖症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gynophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gynophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gynophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண்மை வெறுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीनोफोबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gynophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gynophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gynophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gynophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gynophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gynophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gynophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Gynophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gynophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gynophobia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GYNOPHOBIA»

The term «gynophobia» is normally little used and occupies the 149.753 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GYNOPHOBIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gynophobia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gynophobia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gynophobia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYNOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of gynophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gynophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Phobic Mind: Phobias, Vol. II Including Agoraphobia, ...
This book, volume II (including agoraphobia, gynophobia and more), discusses different types of phobias, potential causes and treatment.
Beatriz Scaglia, 2010
2
Signposts: Gender Issues in Post-independence India
sense, she is the embodiment of ritual, which means that the stranglehold of ritual on the modern individual is gendered and associated with a certain gynophobia. This gynophobia is distinct from the gynophobia which may be read in ...
Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, 1999
3
Havok
(Cleese and Davies, 1975). Only when Sybil occasionally leaves the hotel does Basil try to show he 'wears the trousers'. In many of Laurel and Hardy's best films, disaster is precipitated by rampant gynophobia. In Helpmates, Olly invites Stan ...
Rookh Kshatriya, 2012
4
Misogyny: The Male Malady
Kestner also sees symptoms of what he calls ''gynophobia,'' man's fear of the female body as a deadly lure, which he regards as a continuation and a reaffirmation of the negative attitudes toward women found in classical antiquity. In British ...
David D. Gilmore, 2011
5
How Has the Repression of the Sacred Feminine in the ...
Misogyny and Gynophobia One of basic premises regarding humanity in Western culture has been the inferiority of women. This concept became buried so deeply in the unconscious of women that it developed into internalized misogyny and ...
Lauren Diana Costine, 2007
6
Gender and Jewelry: A Feminist Analysis
Emily Apter writes, “the term gynophobia refers first and foremost to a kind of resistance to bearing femininity as a professional liability, performative history, and weight of existence.”2 This piece rejects the gynophobia that accepts the ...
Rebecca Ross Russell, 2010
7
The Other Machine: Discourse and Reproductive Technologies
Technophobia/Gynophobia. There is another affinity between “prolife” antiabortion discourseandmostfeminist,religious,andsecular anti technological discourse.Thisistheirshared discursive construction of female sexual difference as ...
Dion Farquhar, 2014
8
The Abject of Desire: The Aestheticization of the ...
But where is the connection between gynophobia and homophobia in Silko's novel? Luce Irigaray notes that the exchanges upon which patriarchal societies are based take place exclusively among men, thereby making women commodities, ...
Konstanze Kutzbach, Monika Mueller, 2007
9
Lovers and Beloveds: Sexual Otherness in Southern Fiction, ...
Although Wright establishes the boys' gynophobia as perhaps arising from fear of the unknown here, this gynophobia and accompanying misogyny do not disappear. As Fish and his friends become active sexual participants with women , the ...
Gary Richards, 2007
10
Theorising Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China
See misogyny & gynophobia HaiXixi 69, 71,73 hair. See beards & body hair Half of Man IsVCbman 51, 59, 68-9, 71-3, 74 wen-wu 96, 99-100, 106, 108-10, 115, 122, 162-3; sexual abstinence. Hall, Stuart 132 Halperin, David 172n.8 Han ...
Kam Louie, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GYNOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gynophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
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The reality of Steam refunds is still shaking out, say devs
But one developer of just such a polarizing game, Gynophobia's Andrii Vintsevych, isn't so sure, after experiencing a flood of refunds: "At the ... «Gamasutra, Jun 15»
2
Hungry Hearts Saverio Costanzo
... own right — vilifying a woman for trying to raise her child based on her beliefs — there's more to Hungry Hearts than straight-up gynophobia. «Exclaim!, Jun 15»
3
Buyer Unknown: Gynophobia Early Access
Gynophobia is a Indie-Action-Adventure-Horror-Clusterf*** developed by Andrii Vintsevych and released on Steam Early Access May 29th, ... «ModVive, Jun 15»
4
Video game releases and more for Tuesday, May 26, and beyond.
... The Complete Tale” (PS4), “Tiamat X” (PC), “Horizon Shift” (PC), “Intergalactic Bubbles” (PC), “The Fruit of Grisaia” (PC), “Gynophobia” (PC). «Austin American-Statesman, May 15»
5
Film review: Boy meets lizard girl
This is not a film for men who feel intimidated by women. Sufferers of gynophobia (the irrational fear of the fair sex) will find it scares them out of ... «Newsweek, May 15»
6
Why aren't we taking rape seriously?
In practice, however, this creates more gynophobia, as young men are more likely to avoid women for fear that one will bring an accusation ... «Washington Examiner, Apr 15»
7
Friday 13th: Why is it known as day of bad luck?
Gynophobia: Fear of women (Photo: Thinkstock). Fullscreen. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: Fear of long words. Ironic, huh? (Photo: ... «13WMAZ, Mar 15»
8
Wisconsin bishop pressures St. Norbert College to disinvite Gloria …
This fear of women's power (or “gynophobia,” as some in the academic community call it) reared its head again just days after the Burke ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jan 15»
9
The 25 Best Singles of 2014
And then bow down, bitches, as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie breaks down centuries of ingrained gynophobia. Beyoncé trades every shade of ... «slantmagazine, Dec 14»
10
Review: Gynophobia
We all fear something. Whether it be insects, clowns, heights, snakes, or whatever else, that's just part of the human experience. “Gynophobia” ... «Hardcore Gamer, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gynophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gynophobia>. Apr 2024 ».
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