Gynemimetic
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A transfeminine individual or trans woman who has not had sex reassignment surgery. dated, nonstandard, rare
Adjective
- 1 Transfeminine. dated, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
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.
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