gynemimetic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”) + μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”); equivalent to gyne- +‎ mimetic. Literally “female mimic”. First put forward in a 1984 article by sexologists John Money and Malgorzata Lamacz.

Noun

gynemimetic (plural gynemimetics)

1. (dated, nonstandard, rare) A transfeminine individual or trans woman who has not had sex reassignment surgery.

Adjective

gynemimetic (not comparable)

1. (dated, nonstandard, rare) Transfeminine.
   • 1984, John Money, Margaret Lamaczab, “Gynemimesis and gynemimetophilia: Individual and cross-cultural manifestations of a gender-coping strategy hitherto unnamed”, in Comprehensive Psychiatry, volume 25, number 4, pages 392–403:

     In most large cities of the West there exists an unnamed gynemimetic community that corresponds to the social institution of hijras in India and xanith in Oman.

See also

• gynemimesis
• gynemimetophilia
• andromimetic
• andromimesis
• transgender
• trans woman