androgyny
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From andro- + -gyny. See androgynous.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ænˈdɹɒdʒəni/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
androgyny (usually uncountable, plural androgynies)
- Hermaphroditism.
- The state of having traits of both male and female genders. [from the mid 19th century]
- 1977, Charles Silverstein, Edmund White, The Joy of Gay Sex, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 33:
- Now androgyny has come to mean the adoption of social behavior that is not strictly masculine or feminine according to the old role definitions. An attempt to escape from gender-identified role-playing, androgyny does not necessarily determine sexual behavior.
- The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 257:
- ‘No, I like short hair on girls. I like that androgyny thing. Seriously.’
- The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
- 2003, Wigbert Fehse, Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335:
- […] it is obvious that the idea of androgyny of docking/berthing interfaces […]
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Translations edit
hermaphroditism
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having traits of both male and female genders
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appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine
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