Meanings
comparative more androsexual · superlative most androsexual
- Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender.
By androsexual people, we understand that those who experience sexual attraction towards men, males, and/or female masculinity regardless of whether they are assigned male by birth or not.
2023, Manis Kumar Raha, Marriage in Human Society: Global Perspective, volume 3, page 581, section "Androsexual"1 more example
[…] androsexual and only attracted to men, they would probably consider themselves monosexual. However, if they are ma/androsexual and simply attracted to masculinity, this could put them under the multisexual umbrella, seeing as […]
2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT+- Sexually attracted to men.
[…] androsexual men are attracted to men and gynosexual women are attracted to women.
2010, Roger I. Abrams, Sports Justice: The Law and the Business of Sports2 more examples
In the past, the terms homosexual and heterosexual were used […] literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androsexual), attracted to women (gynosexual), attracted to both or attracted to neither to describe a person's sexual orientation […]
2010, Craig Kridel, Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies, page 893Even if I agreed that it is useful to have words to name the sex(es) to whom someone is erotically attracted, I would not have to use the categories homosexual and heterosexual. I could just as easily divide the word up into gynosexual (attracted to women), androsexual (attracted to men), and bisexual (attracted to both).
2014, Naomi S Tucker, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions - Sexually attracted to masculinity, regardless of gender.
I am gay. I normally find dicks and men and male private areas very attractive […] I'm technically androsexual- attracted to masculinity and there are a few transwomen that are a little masculine at my group) and I'm normally attracted to them, […]
, Connor Whiteley, I Am Not A Victim, I Am A Survivor
plural androsexuals
- An androsexual person, or other androsexual organism.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂nḗr
- Proto-Hellenic*anḗr
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)
- Englishandro-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Englishsexual
- Englishandrosexual
Translations
Arabic أندروسكشوال
- أندروسكشوالa androsexual organism
Dutch androseksueel
- androseksueela androsexual organism
Icelandic karlkynhneigður, karlkynhneigð
- karlkynhneigðursexually attracted to men
- karlkynhneigða androsexual organism
Portuguese androssexual, androssexual
- androssexualsexually attracted to men
- androssexuala androsexual organism
Swedish androsexuell
- androsexuellsexually attracted to men
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with androsexual
Cite this entry
androsexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/androsexual
“androsexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/androsexual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “androsexual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/androsexual.
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