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gynemimetic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”) + μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”); equivalent to gyne- + mimetic. Literally “female mimic”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

Meanings

1. (dated, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare) Transfeminine.
   • In most large cities of the West there exists an unnamed gynemimetic community that corresponds to the social institution of hijras in India and xanith in Oman. 1984, John Money, Margaret Lamaczab, “Gynemimesis and gynemimetophilia: Individual and cross-cultural manifestations of a gender-coping strategy hitherto unnamed”, in Comprehensive Psychiatry, volume 25, number 4, pages 392–403:

Relateds

andromimetic · transgender · gynemimesis · gynemimetophilia · trans woman · andromimesis

wikipedia: John Money · wikipedia: Malgorzata Lamacz

gynemimetic en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”) + μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”); equivalent to gyne- + mimetic. Literally “female mimic”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

Meanings

1. (dated, nonstandard, rare) A transfeminine individual or trans woman who has not had sex reassignment surgery.

Forms

wikipedia: John Money · wikipedia: Malgorzata Lamacz