androgyny

• androgony

From andro- +‎ -gyny. See androgynous.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒdʒəni/

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androgyny (usually uncountable, plural androgynies)

1. Hermaphroditism.
2. The state of having traits of both male and female genders. [from the mid 19th century]
   • 1977, Charles Silverstein, Edmund White, The Joy of Gay Sex, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 33:

     Now androgyny has come to mean the adoption of social behavior that is not strictly masculine or feminine according to the old role definitions. An attempt to escape from gender-identified role-playing, androgyny does not necessarily determine sexual behavior.

3. The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
   • 1983 July 22, Janet Maslin, “‘Liquid Sky,’ High Fashion and a U.F.O.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The plot isn't the film's greatest asset, nor are its insights into Margaret, Larry and the brave new world of affectless androgyny that they inhabit.

   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 257:

     ‘No, I like short hair on girls. I like that androgyny thing. Seriously.’

4. The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
   • 2003, Wigbert Fehse, Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335:

     […] it is obvious that the idea of androgyny of docking/berthing interfaces […]

• androgynous
• gynandry