Androgynity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being androgynous; androgynous nature. uncountable

    "The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality."

Example

More examples

"The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality."

Etymology

From androgyn(ous) + -ity.

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