feminoid
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Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
feminoid (not comparable)
- Apparently, but not actually, female.
- 1932, Gregorio Marañón, Warre Bradley Wells, The evolution of sex and intersexual conditions:
- We may speak, therefore, of a feminoid intersexuality at puberty...
- 1962, Marie Bonaparte, Female sexuality:
- On the other hand, there are men with more bisexual, more feminoid natures, who seek the missing complement of their own masculinity in women.
Etymology 2 edit
feminist + -oid (suggesting a robotic, heartless quality as in android).
Noun edit
feminoid (plural feminoids)
- (slang, derogatory) A feminist.
- 2000, Laura K Egendorf, Male/female roles: opposing viewpoints:
- These establishments serve as headquarters for covens of feminoids primarily to pursue their own agendas and only secondarily to help these alleged victims.
- 2006, George P Garrett, Empty bed blues:
- That may have changed just a little bit, time will tell, since the professional feminoids have discovered the evils and dangers of pornography.