autogynephilia

English

Alternative forms

• autogynophilia
• AGP (initialism)

Etymology

From auto- +‎ gynephilia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəʊˌɡaɪnəˈfɪli.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔtoʊˌɡaɪnəˈfɪli.ə/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɑtoʊˌɡaɪnəˈfɪli.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧gyn‧e‧phil‧ia

Noun

autogynephilia (uncountable)

1. In Ray Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the proposed paraphilic tendency of someone who is anatomically male to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.

   Coordinate term: autoandrophilia

   • 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.”

Related terms

• autogynephile
• autogynephilic

Translations

proposed paraphilia

• Asturian: autoginofilia f, autoginefilia f
• Catalan: autoginofília f, autoginefília f
• German: Autogynophilie f, Autogynäkophilie
• Finnish: autogynefilia (fi)
• French: autogynéphilie (fr) f
• Hungarian: autogünefília
• Japanese: オートガイネフィリア (ōtugainefiria)
• Korean: 자기여성애 (jagiyeoseong'ae)
• Portuguese: autoginefilia f, autoginofilia f
• Spanish: autoginofilia f
• Swedish: autogynefili
• Russian: аутогинефилия (ru) (autoginefilija)

See also

• autosexuality