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Definition of Androgyny

1. Noun. Showing characteristics of both sexes.

Definition of Androgyny

1. n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

Definition of Androgyny

1. Noun. hermaphroditism ¹

2. Noun. A state of having traits of both genders (defdate from the mid-19th c.) ¹

3. Noun. A state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Androgyny

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Medical Definition of Androgyny

1. Synonym: female pseudohermaphroditism. 2. Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, as in attitudes and behaviours that contain features of stereotyped, culturally sanctioned sexual roles of both male and female. Origin: andro-+ G. Gyne, woman (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Androgyny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory by Sigmund Freud (1910)
"The relations between the assumed psychical and the demonstrable anatomical androgyny should never be conceived as being so close. There is frequently found ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Gynecology: For Students and Practitioners by Emilius Clark Dudley (1908)
"The uterus and ovaries are developed more or less perfectly. androgyny. ... An interesting subdivision of androgyny includes individuals whose generative ..."

3. A System of gynaecology by Thomas Clifford Allbutt, William Smoult Playfair, Thomas Watts Eden (1906)
"A more common type of androgyny, however, is that caused by the existence of scrotal hypospadias (Fig. 53). In this case the resemblance to the female type ..."

4. No Turning Back: Generations and the Genderquake by Helen M. Wilkinson (1994)
"... acceptance, ease, empathy, complexity and androgyny. They are held most strongly by the 18-34 Demos ..."

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