androgenous
- adjective
- /ˌændrəˈdʒɛnəs/
- Specialized
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androgénico
- The artist's androgenous appearance challenged traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.
Examples
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And to befashionable is to be androgenous.
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And I'm androgenous not less that David Bowie himself.
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Apparently, Conservative women have more feminine qualities than Liberal women, and also, according to another study out of England, women who are on birth control long-term prefer androgenous, less masculine men.
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The concept of androgenous reproduction highlights how certain organisms can arise from male genetic material alone.
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In discussions of gender identity, some individuals identify as androgenous, embracing traits from both male and female spectrums.
Synonyms
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Relating to reproduction that uses only male genes
Surface Forms
Morphology
androgenous = androgen (semi-transparent) = andro + gen + ous
The word is derived from 'androgen' with the suffix '-ous', indicating a relation to androgenesis. However, the specific biological process may not be immediately clear to all learners.
Etymology
Androgenous comes from Greek parts andro- meaning 'man, male' and -genous meaning 'born from' or 'produced by'. So androgenous describes a process or reproduction that comes only from male DNA or male genes.