Etymology

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Today it means: The state of being transmasculine or a trans man who has not undergone sex reassignment surgery. Full definition →

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The story

From andro- + mimesis. Literally “male imitation”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

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