Intersex

Quick meaning: Intersex is an adjective meaning (uncountable) The condition of being intersex; intersexuality.

Meaning

(uncountable) The condition of being intersex; intersexuality.

More Meanings

1. (countable, biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.
2. (fantasy) A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
3. (nonstandard) To make intersex.
4. 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.

Example Sentences

When I had learned that I was intersex, I brought this issue to my mother.

Conversely, a fertilized egg with one X-chromosome would develop not into a male but into an intersex […]

Pseudo-hermaphrodites or other intersexes are not to be confused with transsexualists; transvestites may be transsexualists, but not necessarily.

A much more common condition caused by early exposure of fish larvae to oestrogenic substances is intersex, which in males usually takes the form of ovotestis.

Word Forms

• intersexes
• intersexing
• intersexed

Synonyms for intersex

Depending on context, synonyms include hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, pseudohermaphrodite, indeterminate, X.

Antonyms for intersex

Common opposites include dyadic, endosex, perisex.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intersexual, endosex, sex-influenced, hermaphroditic, cissexual, xenosexual.

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