gynesexual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English gynesexual From gyne- + -sexual.
Meanings
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Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.
[…] females, and/or femininity, regardless of whether the people they are attracted to were assigned female at birth. Gynosexual/gynesexual people: Individuals who experience sexual attraction toward women, females, and/or femininity […]
2023, Shari Thurer, Beyond the Binary: Essays on Gender:
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Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender. ▸ Sexually attracted to women.
Even if I agreed that it is useful to have words to name the sex(es) to whom someone is erotically attracted, I would not have to use the categories homosexual and heterosexual. I could just as easily divide the word up into gynosexual (attracted to women), androsexual (attracted to men), and bisexual (attracted to both).
2014, Naomi S Tucker, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions:In the past, the terms homosexual and heterosexual were used […] literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androsexual), attracted to women (gynosexual), attracted to both or attracted to neither to describe a person's sexual orientation […]
2010, Craig Kridel, Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies, page 893:[…] androsexual men are attracted to men and gynosexual women are attracted to women.
2010, Roger I. Abrams, Sports Justice: The Law and the Business of Sports:
- Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender. ▸ Sexually attracted to femininity, regardless of gender.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more gynesexual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| gynosexual | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most gynesexual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
androsexual · androsexual · androsexual
Deriveds
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Translations (6)
nl gyneseksueel (sexually attracted to femininity, not necessarily women) · ar جنسيا (sexually attracted to femininity, not necessarily women) · fr gynesexuel (sexually attracted to femininity, not necessarily women) · pt ginossexual (sexually attracted to femininity, not necessarily women) · pt ginessexual (sexually attracted to femininity, not necessarily women) · eo inseksema (sexually attracted to femininity, not necessarily women)