androgyny

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From andro- +‎ -gyny. See androgynous.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

androgyny (usually uncountable, plural androgynies)

  1. Hermaphroditism.
  2. 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.
  3. The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
    • 1983 July 22, Janet Maslin, “‘Liquid Sky,’ High Fashion and a U.F.O.”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      The plot isn't the film's greatest asset, nor are its insights into Margaret, Larry and the brave new world of affectless androgyny that they inhabit.
    • 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.’
  4. 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 […]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=androgyny&oldid=82553831"