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endosex

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɛn.doʊ.sɛks/

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adj

Meaning 1

Not intersex; born with sex characteristics that are considered typically male or female.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dyadic, perisex

Antonyms: intersex

History

Etymology

From endo- + sex. Coined as a counterpart to intersex by Heike Bödeker in 2000 (in English, following Bödeker's coinage of German endosexuell in 1999).