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gynemimetic

gynemimetic noun: a transfeminine individual or trans woman who has not had sex reassignment surgery.

Noun

gynemimetic (plural gynemimetics)

  1. (dated, nonstandard, rare) A transfeminine individual or trans woman who has not had sex reassignment surgery.

Adjective

gynemimetic (not comparable)

  1. (dated, nonstandard, rare) Transfeminine.
    • In most large cities of the West there exists an unnamed gynemimetic community that corresponds to the social institution of hijras in India and xanith in Oman.1984, John Money, Margaret Lamaczab, “Gynemimesis and gynemimetophilia: Individual and cross-cultural manifestations of a gender-coping strategy hitherto unnamed”, in Comprehensive Psychiatry, volume...

Forms of gynemimetic

pluralgynemimetics

Origin of gynemimetic

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”) + μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”); equivalent to gyne- + mimetic. Literally “female mimic”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

Questions about gynemimetic

What does gynemimetic mean?
Gynemimetic means a transfeminine individual or trans woman who has not had sex reassignment surgery.
What part of speech is gynemimetic?
Gynemimetic can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of gynemimetic?
The plural of gynemimetic is gynemimetics.

Words near gynemimetic in the dictionary

  1. gynecophorous
  2. gynecratic
  3. gynee
  4. gynees
  5. gynemimesis
  6. gynemimetic
  7. gynemimetics
  8. gynemimetophilia
  9. gyneocracies
  10. gyneocracy
  11. gyneolater

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