androgynous

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Synonyms for androgynous

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Antonyms for androgynous

having both male and female characteristics

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Doe's managers decided that her appearance did not meet company standards of dressing "androgynously, male, or neutral." Consequently, they fired her for violating company orders to avoid feminine attire)
Androgynously sexy and dykey but not quite butch, the lesbian hipster creates her own categories by falling in between earlier ones.
I can only hope today's pre-teen girls will rebel from the sickening waves of pink, dressing androgynously, shaving their heads and rejecting fake tan.
This is something other than a "simple complementarity" of "two halves." Simple complementarity either keeps differences apart rigidly (admitting no underlying unity) or overcomes them "androgynously," with the "negative" side being absorbed by (or in some sense subservient to) the "positive." See SCOLA, supra note 11, at 94-95.
It doesn't put hair on our chests, it keeps them androgynously smooth.
Hirokawa, Dohi, Yamada, and Miyata (2000) empirically studied about 50 university students who were sex-typed or assessed androgynously by self-reported questionnaire.
The brochure for the UK touring show by the androgynously titled Lady Boys of Bangkok is as sassy as the production it aims to serve.
Designers have crossed the gender lines, making a beautifully, bold fashion statement with a delicate mix of formal elegance and androgynously hip designs.
One woman, androgynously named Billy, cross-dresses as a boy in order to accompany her husband into Rhodesia; this never poses a threat because she is later described as a charming hostess (and, perhaps, she is given some leeway because she is originally from working-class East End London).
His best friend and fellow misfit is same-aged cousin Lou (Harriet Beattie), as androgynously tomboy as he is femme.