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From gyne- + mimesis. Literally “female imitation”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The state of being a transfeminine individual, or trans woman, who has not had sex reassignment surgery. Full definition →
From gyne- + mimesis. Literally “female imitation”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.