androsexual

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UK/ˌæn.dɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/US/ˌæn.dɹoʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/US/ˌæn.dɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

adjective

Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveandrosexual (comparative more androsexual, superlative most androsexual)

comparative more androsexual · superlative most androsexual

  1. 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+
    1. 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 Sports
      2 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 893

      Even 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
    2. 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
nounandrosexual (plural androsexuals)

plural androsexuals

  1. An androsexual person, or other androsexual organism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂nḗr
  2. Proto-Hellenic*anḗr
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)
  4. Englishandro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  7. Proto-Italic*seksus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  10. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  11. Latinsecō
  12. Latinsecāre?
  13. Latinsexus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Latinsexuālis
  17. Englishsexual
  18. Englishandrosexual

From andro- + -sexual.

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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

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APA

androsexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/androsexual

MLA

“androsexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/androsexual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “androsexual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/androsexual.

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