Dictionary

autogynephilia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌɑ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˌɔː.təʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • 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.”

Forms

Coordinates

autohomoeroticism · autoandrophilia

Deriveds

autogynephiliac

Relateds

autogynephilic · autogynephile · autosexuality

Synonyms

autogynophilia

Translations (16)

ru аутогинефилия (supposed paraphilia) · pt autoginofilia (supposed paraphilia) · ca autoginefília (supposed paraphilia) · fr autogynéphilie (supposed paraphilia) · fi autogynefilia (supposed paraphilia) · ja オートガイネフィリア (supposed paraphilia) · hu autogünefília (supposed paraphilia) · ca autoginofília (supposed paraphilia) · ast autoginofilia (supposed paraphilia) · sv autogynefili (supposed paraphilia) · de Autogynophilie (supposed paraphilia) · es autoginofilia (supposed paraphilia) · ko 자기여성애 (supposed paraphilia) · pt autoginefilia (supposed paraphilia) · ast autoginefilia (supposed paraphilia) · de Autogynäkophilie (supposed paraphilia)