Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gynemimesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gy-ne-mime-sis
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a transfeminine individual, or trans woman, who has not had sex reassignment surgery.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gynemimesis is a subtype of gender transposition or gender dysphoria in which a person with male anatomy and morphology lives in society as a woman without genital sex-reassignment surgery, and with or without taking female sex-hormonal therapy. The lover of such a person is a gynemimetophile. The corresponding terms that apply to the female are andromimesis and andromimetophile."

Etymology

From gyne- + mimesis. Literally “female imitation”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gyne

Usage

Phrases

trans woman

Frequently Paired Words

gynemimetic gynemimetophilia andromimetic andromimesis transgender trans woman

Questions

What does gynemimesis mean?: The state of being a transfeminine individual, or trans woman, who has not had sex reassignment surgery.
Where does gynemimesis come from?: From gyne- + mimesis. Literally “female imitation”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

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