单词 | androgyny |
释义 | androgynyn. The state or quality of having characteristics of both sexes or of being of indeterminate sex; spec. (originally) hermaphroditism, intersexuality; (now) the state or quality of being neither clearly male nor clearly female in appearance. Cf. androgynous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes hermaphroditism1808 androgynism1823 hermaphrodism1828 androgynity1842 bisexuality1842 androgyny1852 bisexualism1865 pseudohermaphroditism1881 asexuality1886 virilism1896 bi-gender1912 intersexuality1916 sex intergrade1916 relative sexuality1926 ambisexuality1938 monoecy1949 testicular feminization (or feminizing)1953 the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > androgyny androgyny1947 unisex1966 unisexuality1968 1852 R. Leuckart in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1425/2 Instances of androgyny for the most part depend upon an excessive development of this structure in the male individual. 1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 723/1 The patient was an example of androgyny. 1947 Rev. Educ. Res. 17 375 Attention was also given to androgyny, i.e., the mosaic of male and female characteristics blended in each physique. 1982 M. Brizzi in T. Staicar Feminine Eye iv. 47 A more profound, but still feminist, statement about the creative androgyny of the human spirit. 2012 Express (Nexis) 16 Nov. 59 I didn't notice Bowie's androgyny. I thought he was just a cool bloke—in his dress and tights! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1852 |
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