gynomania

G2Y4N1O1M3A1N1I1A1

noun

Synonym of transvestism.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteSynonym of transvestism.

    In place of phallocentrism, the narratives preoccupy us with the gynomania of brown Sello's Medusa.

    1991 Autumn, Linda Susan Beard, “Bessie Head's Syncretic Fictions: The Reconceptualization of Power and the Recovery of the Ordinary”, in Modern Fiction Studies, volume 37, number 3
    5 more examples

    The case of gynomania above cited has never before been published, but we can vouch for its truth: and we fear that it is not an isolated case.

    1877, Scientific American - Volume 36; Volume 36, page 41

    Sometimes the disease takes the form of sexual excitement being produced in a man by wearing articles of female attire. This has been called "gynomania."

    1881, Gaillard's Medical Journal - Volume 31, page 368

    In sensual love (cytheromania, gynomania, andromania, satyriasis, nymphomania) one can find the same phenomenon of psychological synecdoche.

    1899, Charles Féré, The Pathology of emotions, page 393

    Baron de Flach, a retired Viennese financier, had contrived to insinuate himself into that land of armorial bearings by purchasing the house of the descendant of a Crusader, ruined by gambling and gynomania.

    1900, Frederic Carrel, The Realization of Justin Moran, page 35

    The curious misogyny which chequered Maupassant's gynomania seems to have tried hard to express itself in her portrait.

    1919, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel: From the Beginning to the Close of the 19th Century

    Synonyms: transvestism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of transvestism.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: gynomania on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.