androphilia
|an-dro-phil-ia|
/ˌændrəˈfɪliə/
attraction to men
Etymology
'androphilia' originates from Greek roots: 'andr-' (from Greek 'anēr, andros') meaning 'man' and 'philia' (from Greek 'philia') meaning 'friendship, fondness, love'.
'androphilia' was formed in modern English/Neo-Latin by combining the Greek-derived elements 'andr-' and '-philia', following a pattern used in medical, psychological, and sexological terminology in the 19th–20th centuries.
Initially formed to mean 'love of men' in a literal sense, it came to be used more specifically for 'sexual or erotic attraction to men' in clinical and academic usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
sexual or erotic attraction to men or adult males.
The study explored patterns of androphilia in the surveyed population.
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Noun 2
a preference or attraction toward masculinity or male-identified traits (used in some clinical, anthropological, or gender studies contexts).
In that cultural study, androphilia described preference for masculine appearance rather than strictly biological sex.
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