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hermaphroditisms

hermaphroditisms is the plural of hermaphroditism.

Meaning of hermaphroditism

Noun

hermaphroditism (countable and uncountable, plural hermaphroditisms)

  1. The condition of an organism that is able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphroditism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequential hermaphroditism or dichogamy).
    • Among other organisms, alternative methods of reproduction include budding, hermaphroditism (one individual carrying both kinds of sex organs) and isogamy (two individuals, not distinguished as male and female, combining their genes).2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub
  2. (dated, historical, offensive) The condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.

Questions about hermaphroditisms

What is hermaphroditisms the plural of?
Hermaphroditisms is the plural of hermaphroditism.

Words near hermaphroditisms in the dictionary

  1. hermaphroditic
  2. hermaphroditical
  3. hermaphroditically
  4. hermaphroditish
  5. hermaphroditism
  6. hermaphroditisms
  7. hermaphroditize
  8. hermaphroditized
  9. hermaphroditizes
  10. hermaphroditizing
  11. Hermaphroditus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hermaphroditisms (page history and authors); hermaphroditism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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