androphobia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr

Proto-Hellenic *anḗr

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der.

English andro-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-

Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der.

Latin

New Latinbor.

English -phobia

English androphobia

From andro- + -phobia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌændɹəʊˈfəʊbiə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌændɹoʊˈfoʊbiə/

  Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

androphobia (uncountable)

1. Fear of or aversion to men or boys.
   • 2021 July 25, Jordan Davidson, “Androphobia (fear of men): what is it, causes, treatment”, in Ro‎^[1]:

     In the case of androphobia, a reaction can occur when exposed to men or masculinity, in anticipation of such experiences, or even hearing words related to the male sex.

Antonyms

• androphilia (“love of men”)
• gynophobia (“fear of women”)

Derived terms

• androphobe
• androphobic

Related terms

• anthropophobia
• misandry

Translations

fear of men

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男性恐懼症 / 男性恐惧症 (nánxìng kǒngjùzhèng), 恐男症 (kǒngnánzhèng), 恐男 (kǒngnán)

• Finnish: androfobia (fi)
• French: androphobie (fr) f
• Galician: androfobia f
• Georgian: ანდროფობია (andropobia)
• German: Androphobie (de) f, Männerscheu f
• Italian: androfobia (it) f
• Japanese: 男性恐怖症 (だんせいきょうふしょう, dansei kyōfushō)
• Korean: 남성공포증(男性恐怖症) (ko) (namseonggongpojeung), 남자공포증(男子恐怖症) (namjagongpojeung)
• Polish: androfobia (pl) f
• Portuguese: androfobia (pt) f
• Russian: андрофо́бия (ru) f (androfóbija), мужененави́стничество (ru) n (muženenavístničestvo)
• Spanish: androfobia (es) f
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can