Meaning & use
Androphile
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A person who is sexually attracted to men, a term used mainly in sexology as an alternative to labels based on the person's own gender.
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The researcher used 'androphile' rather than 'gay' or 'straight' to describe attraction independent of the subject's own gender identity.
Sexologists sometimes classify respondents as androphile, gynephile, or bisexual based on the object of their attraction.
A note on using this word
Androphile comes from the Greek 'andros' (man) and 'philos' (loving), and is used mainly in clinical and academic contexts rather than everyday speech.
Words with an opposite meaning
gynephile
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