Definitions

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  • adjective Having a fear or hatred of women.

Etymologies

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gyno- + -phobic, equivalent to gynophobia +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • People in polite society wouldn't use "gynophobic" to describe someone else because it's, ahem, rude, just as it would be rude to tell a lesbian that she's a hate-filled androphobe for being "somewhat repelled" by the idea of fellatio.

    "People can't just decide to be lesbians. It just doesn't work that way. Right?" Ann Althouse 2005

  • Actually, if I wasn't so ashamed of my cowardice, vanity, too posh to pushness and internalisation of gynophobic values, I'd definitely confess to my elective, NHS caesarean.

    Please, render unto caesareans a little less hysteria | Catherine Bennett 2011

  • Back in my undergraduate days, it was axiomatic that Hemingway's macho posturing --- all the brawling and the drinking and the whoring around, the gynophobic and misogynistic themes in his writing, the castration anxieties, the restless pursuit of "manly" adventures --- was his way of compensating for a fear that being a writer was a weak and feminine vocation.

    Journalmalists and the Hemingway Panic 2008

  • In the dark sewer of misanthropic, gynophobic, and Rabelaisian epithets running through the comments section of celebrity blogs, one can also find gems of authentic emotional connection to celebrity foibles from readers who have suffered tragedies of their own, or been drunk, high, or on pills and up way past their normal bedtimes.

    Shooting Britney 2008

  • In the dark sewer of misanthropic, gynophobic, and Rabelaisian epithets running through the comments section of celebrity blogs, one can also find gems of authentic emotional connection to celebrity foibles from readers who have suffered tragedies of their own, or been drunk, high, or on pills and up way past their normal bedtimes.

    Shooting Britney 2008

  • Back in my undergraduate days, it was axiomatic that Hemingway's macho posturing --- all the brawling and the drinking and the whoring around, the gynophobic and misogynistic themes in his writing, the castration anxieties, the restless pursuit of "manly" adventures --- was his way of compensating for a fear that being a writer was a weak and feminine vocation.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • Or is this what MSNBC's gynophobic Chris Matthews calls dancing?

    Chris Matthews Mauls Ellen DeGeneres While Dancing (Video) 2008

  • Matthews' issues with women are no secret to anyone who watches his show, but former staffers tell us he's actually reined in his gynophobic tendencies esp since the wild and crazy Lewinsky years.

    Chris Matthews' Wife Supports Hillary & Matthews Curses On-Air - Video 2008

  • It would be so easy to write the article off as the ramblings of a gynophobic choad, but loath as I am to admit it, there is a faint miasma of truth hovering in that tumid swamp.

    Frankie Thomas: Enter the Contest to Make Christopher Hitchens Laugh! 2008

  • And, no, the whole entire world is not misogynistic and gynophobic, but it sure seems that way sometimes.

    Just Past the Horizon: On Reflection 2007

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