androgony
/ænˈdɹɒɡəni/
androgony noun: the genesis of man, or a narrative of this. Also the misspelling of androgyny.
Noun
androgony (usually uncountable, plural androgonies)
- The genesis of man, or a narrative of this.
- […] he claims, we obtain a theogony, an androgony and a cosmogony, recounting the evolution of the three different Worlds. The 'theogony' is a disquisition on the Trinity, which Papus takes to be not a peculiarly Christian doctrine, but one shared by many religious [groups].1996 December 5, Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis, Michael Dummett, A Wicked Pack of Cards: Origins of the Occult Tarot, Bristol Classical Press
- A serious study of Rabbinic androgony and cosmogony is an urgent desideratum; for the present, see E. E. Urbach's chapter on creation in HaZaL; Gary A. Anderson, The Genesis of Perfection: Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Imagination (Louisville, 2001); and[…]2004 October 7, David Stern, The Anthology in Jewish Literature, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Also used as
androgony is also the misspelling of androgyny.
Forms of androgony
| plural | androgonies |
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Origin of androgony
From andro- + -gony.
Words that rhyme with androgony
Questions about androgony
- What does androgony mean?
- Androgony means the genesis of man, or a narrative of this.
- What part of speech is androgony?
- Androgony is a noun.
- How do you pronounce androgony?
- Androgony is pronounced /ænˈdɹɒɡəni/.
- What is the plural of androgony?
- The plural of androgony is androgonies.
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