different between gynephobia vs anthropophobia

gynephobia

English

Noun

gynephobia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of gynophobia

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anthropophobia

English

Alternative forms

  • anthrophobia

Etymology

anthropo- +? -phobia. Both elements are borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (ánthr?pos, man, human) + ????? (phóbos, fear) respectively.

Noun

anthropophobia (uncountable)

  1. A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.
    • 1880, Edward Bliss Foote, Plain Home Talk about the Human System, 4th ed., page 438 [1]:
      The affection is unlike anthropophobia, because this is characterized by dislike of men, and decided aversion to sexual intercourse.
    • 2004, Toshio Kawai, "Postmodern consciousness in the novels of Haruki Murakami," in The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society [2], ?ISBN, page 97:
      He was suffering from anthropophobia, a typical Japanese symptom which shows alienation, and liberation, from the embracing community.

Synonyms

  • social anxiety
  • social phobia

Derived terms

  • anthropophobe
  • anthropophobic
  • anthropophobiac

Translations

See also

  • androphobia
  • gynephobia
  • misanthropy

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