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Meaning of gynecophile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Someone sexually attracted to women.
  2. A lesbian; a homosexual woman.
  3. A lesbian (homosexual woman) attracted to other adult women (as contrast to young women or old women)

Examples

“Equivalent terms for lesbian relationships given by Hirschfeld were korophile, parthenophile, gynecophile, and graophile.”
“According to the age of the attracting person homosexuals are divisible into ephebophiles (lovers of youths, 14-21), androphiles (grown men up to the period of old age),[…] The corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult women), grasphiles (lovers of old women), and korophiles (lovers of undeveloped girls).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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