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nounandrogynity (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being androgynous; androgynous nature.
The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality.
1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 31Synonyms: androgynousness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being androgynous; androgynous nature.
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