# Word for Man-loving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257 "2006-09-19T02:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phrontist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phrontist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phrontist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/1 "2006-09-19T02:09:04Z")
If a “misogynist” is woman-hater, and a “misandrist” is a man-hater ([cite](http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/misogynist?view=uk)), what is a man-lover? A misanophile? ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/2 "2006-09-19T02:14:45Z")
Androphile? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/3 "2006-09-19T02:15:07Z")
Androphile, I suppose. It’s mostly used in gay subculture to describe a romantic relationship between equal males. [cite.](http://www.gayhistory.com/rev2/words/androphile.htm) “mis” in “ **mis** ogynist” and “ **mis** andrist” means “against” or, roughly-speaking “hating”. So misandrophile would be “one who hates to love men.” While I’ll admit that on occasion, I’ve been a misandrophile, I don’t think it’s a real word! ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/4 "2006-09-19T02:15:56Z")
Philandrist. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/5 "2006-09-19T02:16:49Z")
[QUOTE=Tenar] Philandrist. [/QUOTE] One who loves men called Phil? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/6 "2006-09-19T02:17:11Z")
The ‘mis’ part means hate. You want the ‘phil’ part for love. Philanthropist = lover of humans in general So, to follow the Greek usage I’d go with Philandrist = lover of males Philogynist = lover of females I’ve not seen either of thes two words used though. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/7 "2006-09-19T02:18:37Z")
Think “philanthropist” (lover of humanity), then narrow it down to “philandrist,” or lover of men in particular. Or, you could google fu. (I would link, but I NEVER get it right.) ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/8 "2006-09-19T02:51:40Z")
Andros doesn’t necessarily mean man, as anotes. Anthropos means man in general, and is also used to refer to men specifically. From all the translations of Greek I had to do in college, andros is very infrequently used (in the Koineic Bible, I believe it is only used twice), and in general only used in reference to particularly masculine, heroic individuals. I think Philandry would be lover of manly men. Philanthropist really should be used to describe a lover of men, either including women, as a subset of humanity, or not, as just a lover of men in general. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/9 "2006-09-19T03:05:39Z")
[Urban Dictionary sez](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=man+lover) > [@](#): > > Man Lover > > A male that likes it up the cornhole ---
**Author:** ![Phrontist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phrontist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phrontist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-man-loving/373257/10 "2006-09-19T03:16:49Z")
Philandrist it is. Thanks!