Meanings
abbreviation AGP
- uncountableIn Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.
1 more example
Charles Moser (2010), “Blanchard’s Autogynephilia Theory: A Critique”, in Journal of Homosexuality, volume 57, number 6, →DOI, pages 790–809: “If autogynephilia were a paraphilia, we would expect that MTFs would want estrogens to feminize themselves, but decline anti-androgens or report that they disliked the effect. This is contrary to the observation that MTFs request and like the effects of anti-androgens.”
Synonyms: autogynophilia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Englishgynephilia
- Englishautogynephilia
From auto- + gynephilia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan autoginofília, autoginefília
- autoginofíliasupposed paraphilia
- autoginefíliasupposed paraphilia
Finnish autogynefilia
- autogynefiliasupposed paraphilia
French autogynéphilie
- autogynéphiliesupposed paraphilia
German Autogynophilie, Autogynäkophilie
- Autogynophiliesupposed paraphilia
- Autogynäkophiliesupposed paraphilia
Hungarian autogünefília
- autogünefíliasupposed paraphilia
Japanese オートガイネフィリア
- オートガイネフィリア (ōtugainefiria)supposed paraphilia
Korean 자기여성애
- 자기여성애 (jagiyeoseong'ae)supposed paraphilia
Portuguese autoginefilia, autoginofilia
- autoginefiliasupposed paraphilia
- autoginofiliasupposed paraphilia
Russian аутогинефилия
- аутогинефилия (autoginefilija)supposed paraphilia
Spanish autoginofilia
- autoginofiliasupposed paraphilia
Swedish autogynefili
- autogynefilisupposed paraphilia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with autogynephilia
Cite this entry
autogynephilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogynephilia
“autogynephilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogynephilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autogynephilia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogynephilia.
Source: autogynephilia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.