Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autogynephilia

/ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-gyn-e-phil-ia
IPA: /ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Charles Moser (2010), “Blanchard’s Autogynephilia Theory: A Critique”, in Journal of Homosexuality, volume 57, number 6, →DOI, pages 790–809: “If autogynephilia were a paraphilia, we would expect that MTFs would want estrogens to feminize themselves, but decline anti-androgens or report that they disliked the effect. This is contrary to the observation that MTFs request and like the effects of anti-androgens.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- English gynephilia English autogynephilia From auto- + gynephilia.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/
British English: /ˌɔː.təʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

AGP (abbreviation)

Derived Forms

autogynephiliac

Frequently Paired Words

autogynephile autogynephilic autosexuality autoandrophilia autohomoeroticism

Synonyms

autogynophilia

Rhymes With

pedophilia cilia necrophilia sillier haemophilia philia milia biophilia zoophilia juvenilia kabylia ephebophilia

Questions

How do you pronounce autogynephilia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/.
What does autogynephilia mean?: In Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.
Where does autogynephilia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- English gynephilia English autogynephilia From auto- + gynephilia.

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