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
- west-about
- West Africa
- West Allis
- West Australian
- West Bank
- West Banker
- West Bend
- West Bengal
- West, Benjamin
- westbound
- West Brit
- West British
- West Briton
- West Britonism
- West Bromwich
- Westbrook
- Westchester County
- West Coast
- West Coaster
- West Coast offence
- West Coast offense
- West Country
- West Covina
- West, Dame Rebecca
- West Des Moines