- Androgynism
- Androgyny An*drog"y*ny, Androgynism An*drog"y*nism, n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. [1913 Webster]
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Androgynism
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androgynism — anˈdräjəˌnizəm noun ( s) Etymology: androgynous + ism : the quality or state of being androgynous : hermaphroditism * * * androgynism Bot. (ænˈdrɒdʒɪnɪz(ə)m) [f … Useful english dictionary
androgynism — noun hermaphroditism See Also: androgynous, androgyny … Wiktionary
androgynism — SYN: female pseudohermaphroditism. * * * an·drog·y·nism an dräj ə .niz əm n the quality or state of being androgynous: HERMAPHRODITISM * * * an·drog·y·nism (an drojґĭ niz″əm) 1. androgyny. 2. pseudohermaphroditism … Medical dictionary
androgynism — an·drog·y·nism … English syllables
pseudohermaphroditism — A state in which the individual is of an unambiguous gonadal sex ( i.e., possesses either testes or ovaries) but has ambiguous external genitalia. Cf.:steroid 5α reductase. SYN: false hermaphroditism. female p. [MIM*264270] p. with skeletal and… … Medical dictionary
Androgyny — An*drog y*ny, Androgynism An*drog y*nism, n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
androgyny — 1. SYN: female pseudohermaphroditism. 2. Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, as in attitudes and behaviors that contain features of stereotyped, culturally sanctioned sexual roles of both male and female. [andro + G. gyne, woman]… … Medical dictionary
female pseudohermaphroditism — a condition in which the affected individual is genetically female and has female gonads (ovaries) but has significant male secondary sex characters. Called also androgynism and gynandrism … Medical dictionary
androgyny — Synonyms and related words: androgynism, effeminacy, effeminateness, epicenism, epicenity, feminism, gynandrism, gynandry, hermaphroditism, intersexualism, intersexuality, muliebrity, prissiness, pseudohermaphroditism, sissiness, transsexualism,… … Moby Thesaurus
androgyne — n. hermaphrodite; effeminate man; masculine woman. ♦ androgynism, n … Dictionary of difficult words
