androsexual
/ˌæn.dɹoʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender.
adj
Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender.
adj
Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender.
Example Sentences
- "[…] androsexual and only attracted to men, they would probably consider themselves monosexual. However, if they are ma/androsexual and simply attracted to masculinity, this could put them under the multisexual umbrella, seeing as […]"
- "By androsexual people, we understand that those who experience sexual attraction towards men, males, and/or female masculinity regardless of whether they are assigned male by birth or not."
- "In the past, the terms homosexual and heterosexual were used […] literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androsexual), attracted to women (gynosexual), attracted to both or attracted to neither to describe a person's sexual orientation […]"
- "[…] androsexual men are attracted to men and gynosexual women are attracted to women."
- "Even if I agreed that it is useful to have words to name the sex(es) to whom someone is erotically attracted, I would not have to use the categories homosexual and heterosexual. I could just as easily divide the word up into gynosexual (attracted to women), androsexual (attracted to men), and bisexual (attracted to both)."
- "I am gay. I normally find dicks and men and male private areas very attractive […] I'm technically androsexual- attracted to masculinity and there are a few transwomen that are a little masculine at my group) and I'm normally attracted to them, […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English androsexual From andro- + -sexual.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌæn.dɹoʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
- British English: /ˌæn.dɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/