endosex
/ˈɛn.doʊ.sɛks/
endosex adjective: not intersex; born with sex characteristics that are considered typically male or female.
Adjective
endosex (not comparable)
- Not intersex; born with sex characteristics that are considered typically male or female.
- Intersex as an ostentation of the endosex group phantasy.2000 June 30, Heike Bödeker, "Symposium on intersexuality", at the European Federation of Sexology Congress in Berlin, Germany
- DOING ENDOSEX
- Alongside increased attention to and debate about sexual and gender diversity, more equitable social relations require serious attention to the ways social authorities do or construct the sex categories that provide the basis for doing gender and sexualities. Although many endosex people—regardless...2019, J. E. Sumerau, Lain A.B. Mathers, America through Transgender Eyes, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 139
- Antonyms:
- intersex
Examples of endosex in a sentence
- Scholars refer to those people who “fit neatly” into these male/female exclusive categorizations as endosex.2020, Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski, J. E. Sumerau, Nik M. Lampe, Transformations in Queer, Trans, and Intersex Health and Aging, Lexington...
- Trump plaintiffs seeking X gender markers were endosex nonbinary people, it was “not clear that non-binary class representatives could fully represent the interests of intersex class members.”2025 June 18, Samantha Riedel, “In Trans Legal Victory, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Denying Passport Gender Changes”, in Them:
Synonyms of endosex
Antonyms
Origin of endosex
From endo- + sex. Coined as a counterpart to intersex by Heike Bödeker in 2000 (in English, following Bödeker's coinage of German endosexuell in 1999).
Words formed from endosex
Questions about endosex
- What does endosex mean?
- Endosex means not intersex; born with sex characteristics that are considered typically male or female.
- How do you use endosex in a sentence?
- Scholars refer to those people who “fit neatly” into these male/female exclusive categorizations as endosex.
- What part of speech is endosex?
- Endosex is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce endosex?
- Endosex is pronounced /ˈɛn.doʊ.sɛks/.
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