Androphobia

Androphobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of men. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they may realize they face no real threat. "Androphobia" is derived from the Greek "andros" (man) and "phobos" (fear). "Andro-" enters into a number of other biomedical terms such as, for example, androgen (a male sex hormone like testosterone) and an android pelvis (a pelvis shaped like a man's). Terms pertinent to androphobia include gynephobia, an abnormal and persistent fear of women; and pedophobia, an abnormal and persistent fear of babies and children.
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Morbid fear of men, or of the male sex. [andro- + G. phobos, fear]

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an·dro·pho·bia .an-drə-'fō-bē-ə n an abnormal dread of men: repugnance to the male sex
an·dro·pho·bic -'fō-bik adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • androphobia — noun Fear of men Ant: gynophobia …   Wiktionary

  • androphobia — an·dro·pho·bi·a || ‚ændrəʊ fəʊbjÉ™ n. abnormal fear of men …   English contemporary dictionary

  • androphobia — an·dro·pho·bia …   English syllables

  • androphobia — A fear of men …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • androphobia —   n. dread or hatred of men …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Androphobia —    An intense fear of man. See Gynophobia …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

  • androphobia — noun a morbid fear of men • Hypernyms: ↑social phobia …   Useful english dictionary

  • андрофобия — (androphobia; андро + фобия) навязчивый страх у женщины боязнь полового акта …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • Андрофоби́я — (androphobia; Андро + Фобия) навязчивый страх у женщины боязнь полового акта …   Медицинская энциклопедия

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