andromimesis
andromimesis noun: the state of being transmasculine or a trans man who has not undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Noun
andromimesis (uncountable)
- The state of being transmasculine or a trans man who has not undergone sex reassignment surgery.
- Gynemimesis is a subtype of gender transposition or gender dysphoria in which a person with male anatomy and morphology lives in society as a woman without genital sex-reassignment surgery, and with or without taking female sex-hormonal therapy. The lover of such a person is a gynemimetophile. The...1984, John Money, Margaret Lamaczab, “Gynemimesis and gynemimetophilia: Individual and cross-cultural manifestations of a gender-coping strategy hitherto unnamed”, in Comprehensive Psychiatry, volume...
Origin of andromimesis
From andro- + mimesis. Literally “male imitation”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.
Questions about andromimesis
- What does andromimesis mean?
- Andromimesis means the state of being transmasculine or a trans man who has not undergone sex reassignment surgery.
- What part of speech is andromimesis?
- Andromimesis is a noun.
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