androgyny

[ an-droj-uh-nee ]

noun
  1. the state or quality of being ambiguous, unspecified, or blended in gender; the state of being neither solely masculine nor solely feminine: The androgyny in his portraits subverted the expected distinctions between men and women of the Victorian era.

Origin of androgyny

1
First recorded in 1830–40; androgyne + -y3

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