English Explanatory Dictionary

intersex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.
noun
  1. The condition of being intersex; intersexuality.
  2. An individual with any of these conditions.
  3. A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
verb
  1. To make intersex.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.tə.sɛks/ /ˈɪn.təɹ.sɛks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-intersex.wav

Word forms

intersex intersexes intersexing intersexed

Etymology

Etymology tree German Intersexebor. English intersex Borrowed from German Intersexe. By surface analysis, inter- + sex.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Needs more details, especially the German etymology.”) Doublet of intersect.

Synonyms

hermaphroditic hermaphrodite pseudohermaphroditic pseudohermaphrodite indeterminate X intersexual intersexed intersexualize

Antonyms

dyadic endosex perisex

Related words

hermaphroditism pseudohermaphroditism androgynous ambigender bigender

Derived words

interphobia interphobic intersexed intersexism intersexphobia intersexphobic intersexuality
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