androgyny
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8.3
- noun
- /ænˈdrɒdʒəni/
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androginia
- Her androgyny was evident in her choice of clothing, which mixed traditionally male and female garments.
- androgyny and femininity
And you know, I was, it was really a tough couple years when I was playing with sort of gender expression and androgyny in that way.
- And you know, I was, it was really a tough couple years when I was playing with sort of gender expression and androgyny in that way.
Examples
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The fashion show featured models that embraced androgyny, blending both masculine and feminine styles.
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Twenge (1995) observed in a study of androgyny that U.S. college women are becoming more assertive, action-oriented, and goal-driven.
Academic text (2005) -
So this is what Androgyny looks like in comparison.
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And what androgyny is at all remains for me a task of thinking.
Academic text (1997) -
- Androgyny suits you, Max.
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But at the same time, we are all uncomfortable about this proposed androgyny.
Academic text (1997) -
I want to play on this idea of the masculine and feminine and kind of the androgyny of that time.
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Such unrealistic ways of representing human bodies make the visualization of androgyny possible.
Academic text (2014) -
Three photographs taken in the late 1920s illustrate the pronounced interest in androgyny at the Bauhaus.
Academic text (2003) -
The artist's work explores themes of androgyny, challenging the conventional ideas of gender identity.
Synonyms
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9.9
A living thing that has both male and female sex organs or traits
A condition in which a person's body has parts not clearly male or female
How Feminine
Surface Forms
Morphology
androgyny = androgynous (semi-transparent) = andro + gyn + y
Formally related to the adjective 'androgynous' (meaning is directly connected), but the combining forms 'andro-' and 'gyn-' are not standalone English words, so learners may not parse the parts readily.
Etymology
The word androgyny comes from Greek parts andro- meaning 'man', as in android, and gyn- meaning 'woman'. So androgyny means having 'both' male and female traits in appearance or behavior.