Before revision: Etymology The term gynophobia comes from the Greek γυνή - gunē, meaning "woman"γυνή, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος - phobos, "fear".φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus The Oxford English Dictionary cites the term's earliest known use as an 1886 writing by physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Hyponyms of the term "gynophobia" include feminophobia.The Shattered Mirror: Representations of Women in Mexican Literature, María Elena de Valdés, 2010, p 74 Rare or archaic terms include the Latin horror feminae.Raymond Joseph Corsini (1999) "The Dictionary of Psychology", , p. 452 Examples Hindu deity Mahadevi, a figure of a progenitorial "Great Goddess" In his book Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of Hatred and Cruelty, Wilhelm Stekel discusses horror feminae of a male masochist.
After revision: Etymology The term gynophobia comes from the Greek γυνή – gunē, meaning "woman"γυνή, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek–English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος - phobos, "fear".φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus The Oxford English Dictionary cites the term's earliest known use as an 1886 writing by physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Hyponyms of the term "gynophobia" include feminophobia.The Shattered Mirror: Representations of Women in Mexican Literature, María Elena de Valdés, 2010, p 74 Rare or archaic terms include the Latin horror feminae.Raymond Joseph Corsini (1999) "The Dictionary of Psychology", , p. 452 Examples Hindu deity Mahadevi, a figure of a progenitorial "Great Goddess" In his book Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of Hatred and Cruelty, Wilhelm Stekel discusses horror feminae of a male masochist.