Etymology

gynemimesis

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Today it means: The state of being a transfeminine individual, or trans woman, who has not had sex reassignment surgery. Full definition →

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The story

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

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