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androgynity en · NOUN

Etymology

From androgyn(ous) + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being androgynous; androgynous nature.
   • The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality. 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 31:

Synonyms

androgynousness