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andromimetic en · ADJ

Etymology

From andro- + mimetic. Literally “male mimic”.

Meanings

  1. (dated, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare) A transmasculine individual or trans man who has not had sex reassignment surgery.
  2. (dated, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare) Imitating the biological processes of a male organism.
    • The administration of exogenous cyclic AMP was found to produce marked “andromimetic” effects on a number of enzymes... 1974 March 20, D.J.B.Sutherland, R.L.Singhal, “Alterations in adenylate cyclase activity of the rat prostate gland”, in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, pages 238–249:

Deriveds

andromimetophilia

Translations (1)

pt andromimético (imitating male biological processes)

andromimetic en · NOUN

Etymology

From andro- + mimetic. Literally “male mimic”.

Meanings

  1. (dated, nonstandard, rare) A transmasculine individual or trans man.
    • An andromimetic...is the counterpart of a gynemimetic. He lives full-time as a man. If he has access to male hormone and undergoes hormonal masculinization, it is more likely than not that he will seek hysterectomy and breast removal... 1988, John Money, Gay, Straight, and In-between: The Sexology of Erotic Orientation, →ISBN, page 98:

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Relateds

transgender · gynemimesis · gynemimetophilia · trans man · andromimesis