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feminoid

feminoid adjective: apparently, but not actually, female.

Adjective

feminoid (not comparable)

  1. Apparently, but not actually, female.
    • We may speak, therefore, of a feminoid intersexuality at puberty...1932, Gregorio Marañón, Warre Bradley Wells, The evolution of sex and intersexual conditions
    • On the other hand, there are men with more bisexual, more feminoid natures, who seek the missing complement of their own masculinity in women.1962, Marie Bonaparte, Female sexuality

Noun

feminoid (plural feminoids)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A feminist.
    • These establishments serve as headquarters for covens of feminoids primarily to pursue their own agendas and only secondarily to help these alleged victims.2000, Laura K Egendorf, Male/female roles: opposing viewpoints
    • That may have changed just a little bit, time will tell, since the professional feminoids have discovered the evils and dangers of pornography.2006, George P Garrett, Empty bed blues

Forms of feminoid

pluralfeminoids

Origin of feminoid

From feminine + -oid.

From feminist + -oid (suggesting a robotic, heartless quality as in android).

Questions about feminoid

What does feminoid mean?
Feminoid means apparently, but not actually, female.
What part of speech is feminoid?
Feminoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near feminoid in the dictionary

  1. femino-
  2. feminocentric
  3. feminocentrism
  4. feminocracies
  5. feminocracy
  6. feminoid
  7. feminoids
  8. feminological
  9. feminologist
  10. feminologists
  11. feminology

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