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autogynephile

Syllables: au·to·gyn·e·phileUK/ˌɔː.təʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfaɪl/US/ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfaɪl/

autogynephile noun: a person who exhibits autogynephilia.

Noun

autogynephile (plural autogynephiles)

  1. A person who exhibits autogynephilia.
    • Evidently, the woman did not get those signals from the men. (If instead of being the wife of an autogynephile, she were the sister of a homosexual transsexual, I doubt she would have asked an analogous question.)2003, J. Michael Bailey, The Man Who Would Be Queen
    • Transsexual and Nontranssexual Autogynephiles Resemble Each Other. […] I knew, however, that attempting to draw a definitive line between autogynephilic transsexuals and nontranssexual autogynephiles was a difficult if not an impossible exercise, even though I believed there were legitimate reasons...2012, Anne A. Lawrence, Men Trapped in Men's Bodies: Narratives of Autogynephilic Transsexualism, page 179

Forms of autogynephile

pluralautogynephiles

Origin of autogynephile

From auto- + gynephile.

Words formed from autogynephile

Words that rhyme with autogynephile

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Questions about autogynephile

What does autogynephile mean?
Autogynephile means a person who exhibits autogynephilia.
What part of speech is autogynephile?
Autogynephile is a noun.
How do you pronounce autogynephile?
Autogynephile is pronounced /ˌɔː.təʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfaɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of autogynephile?
The plural of autogynephile is autogynephiles.

Words near autogynephile in the dictionary

  1. autoguide
  2. autoguided
  3. autoguides
  4. autoguiding
  5. autogynandromorphophilia
  6. autogynephile
  7. autogynephiles
  8. autogynephilia
  9. autogynephiliac
  10. autogynephiliacs
  11. autogynephilic

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