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女性恐怖症 (じょせいきょうふしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

女じょ性せい恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

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Meanings

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gynophobia; fear of women

A clinical or psychological term for an irrational fear of women. Used in medical or formal contexts.

彼かれは女じょ性せい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうのため、女じょ性せいと話はなすことができ

ない

。

He cannot talk to women because of his gynophobia.

女じょ性せい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうは、精せい神しん医い学がくの分ぶん野やで研けん究きゅうされている。

Gynophobia is studied in the field of psychiatry.

Kanji

女woman, female
性sex, gender, nature
恐fear, dread, awe
怖dreadful, be frightened, fearful
症symptoms, illness

Related words

男だん性せい恐きょう怖ふ症しょう
Androphobia, the fear of men, as opposed to gynophobia.
対たい人じん恐きょう怖ふ症しょう
Anthropophobia, a broader fear of people, not limited to women.

Built from

女じょ性せい+

Etymology

Compound of 女性 (woman) + 恐怖症 (phobia). A straightforward modern medical term.

恐きょう怖ふ症しょう