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Meaning of "intersexuality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERSEXUALITY

intersexuality  [ˌɪntəˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERSEXUALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intersexuality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERSEXUALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

intersexuality

Intersex

Intersex, in humans and other animals, is a variation in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, or genitals that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female. Such variation may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female. Intersex infants with ambiguous outer genitalia may be surgically 'corrected' to more easily fit into a socially accepted sex category. However, this is considered controversial, with no firm evidence of good outcomes. Others may opt, in adulthood, for surgical procedures in order to align their physical sex characteristics with their gender identity or the sex category to which they were assigned at birth. Others will not become aware that they are intersex—unless they receive genetic testing—because it does not manifest in their phenotype. Some individuals may be raised as a certain sex but then identify with another later in life, while others may not identify themselves as either exclusively female or exclusively male.

Definition of intersexuality in the English dictionary

The definition of intersexuality in the dictionary is the condition of being intersexual.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERSEXUALITY


ambisexuality
ˌæmbɪˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ
antisexuality
ˌæntɪˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ
ephemerality
ɪˌfemərˈælətɪ
ethereality
ɪˌθɪərɪˈælətɪ
factuality
ˌfæktʃʊˈælətɪ
hypersexuality
ˌhaɪpəˌsɛksjʊˈælətɪ
notionality
ˌnəʊʃənˈælətɪ
nuptiality
ˌnʌpʃɪˈælətɪ
officiality
əˌfɪʃɪˈælətɪ
optionality
ˌɒpʃəˈnælətɪ
osmolality
ˌɒzməʊˈlælətɪ
pansexuality
pænˌsekʃʊˈælətɪ
parasexuality
pærəˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ
psychosexuality
ˌsaɪkəʊˌsɛksjʊˈælətɪ
seasonality
ˌsiːzənælətɪ
subspeciality
ˌsʌbspɛʃɪˈælətɪ
superficiality
ˌsuːpəfɪʃɪˈælətɪ
supersexuality
ˌsuːpərˌsekʃʊˈælətɪ
triaxiality
traɪˌæksɪˈælətɪ
unisexuality
ˌjuːnɪˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERSEXUALITY

intersect
intersection
intersectional
intersegment
intersegmental
intersensory
interseptal
intersert
intersertal
interservice
intersession
intersex
intersexual
intersexualism
intersexually
intersidereal
intersocietal
intersociety
interspace
interspatial

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERSEXUALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
confidentiality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
locality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
reality
sexuality
speciality
spirituality

Synonyms and antonyms of intersexuality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intersexuality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERSEXUALITY

Find out the translation of intersexuality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intersexuality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intersexuality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雌雄间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intersexualidad
570 millions of speakers

English

intersexuality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

intersexuality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خنوثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интерсексуальность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intersexualidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

intersexuality
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intersexualité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Interseksualiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Intersexualität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

間性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

intersexuality
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intersexuality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

intersexuality
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतःसत्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

interseksüalite
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intersessualità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intersexuality
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтерсексуальність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intersexuality
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intersexuality
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Interseksualiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intersexuality
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Intersex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intersexuality

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERSEXUALITY»

The term «intersexuality» is normally little used and occupies the 127.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERSEXUALITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «intersexuality» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «intersexuality» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intersexuality

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERSEXUALITY»

Discover the use of intersexuality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intersexuality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Intersexuality and the Law: Why Sex Matters
In Intersexuality and the Law, Julie A. Greenberg examines the role that legal institutions can play in protecting the rights of people with an intersex condition.
Julie A. Greenberg, 2012
2
Transgenderism and Intersexuality in Childhood and ...
Transgenderism and Intersexuality in Childhood and Adolescence: Making Choices presents an overview of the research, clinical insights, and ethical dilemmas relevant to clinicians who treat intersex youth and their families.
Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Friedemann Pfäfflin, 2003
3
Sex Determination, Differentiation and Intersexuality in ...
Originally published in 1995, this book describes the genetic determination of sex and examines how sexual organs are differentiated.
R. H. F. Hunter, 1995
4
Ethics and Intersex
INTERSEXUALITY, CULTURAL INFLUENCES, AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM In the following, a difficult case involving intersex is examined. Although intersexuality is somewhat rare, leading pediatric urologists and endocrinologists involved ...
Sharon E. Sytsma, 2006
5
Diseases and Disorders
Intersexuality (also called disorders of sexual development) is a generic term for a wide spectrum of conditions characterized by abnormal development of the reproductive organs and genitalia. Intersex disorders can be broadly divided into  ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2007
6
Critical Intersex
Chapter 2 'Diagnosticism': Three Cases of Medical Anthropological Research into Intersexuality Lena Eckert Introduction In this chapter I argue for the use of the term 'intersexualization' rather than 'intersexuality', because the process of the  ...
Dr Morgan Holmes, 2012
7
Embryology
(A) Male pseudo-intersexuality (B) Female pseudo-intersexuality (C) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (D) Testicular feminization (E) Illegal use of anabolic steroids 2. The most common cause of female pseudo-intersexuality is (A) a 46, XO ...
Ronald W. Dudek, 2010
8
A Parents' Guide to Intersexuality: Causes, Treatment ...
This guide is designed to help parents decide on the best course of treatment.
Christine McNamee, 2008
9
Changing Sex: Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender
"Intersexuality" as a term was introduced into the diagnostic and descriptive lexicon in the 1920s by the German researcher Richard Goldschmidt, who suggested that all mammalian hermaphrodites were really "intersexes," having begun life ...
Bernice L. Hausman, 1995
10
The Journal of Experimental Zoology
If the intersexual condition in the free-martin gonads is compared with the condition of intersexuality in the gonads of other animals, definite similarities in structure and origin are recognized. Goldschmidt ('12, '14, '16) has shown that both the ...
Ross Granville Harrison, William Keith Brooks, 1921

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERSEXUALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intersexuality is used in the context of the following news items.
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FIRST PERSON: I am not just gay...but am I a freak? | Lifestyle | GMA …
No one knew how to deal with the problem of intersexuality. In fact, doctors in the 1970's would immediately correct ambiguous genitalia to ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
2
COMMENTARY: Is there such a thing as a legal sex change?
The basis of the ruling is the compassion of law to conditions of intersexuality. Instances where a person's body has both sexes. Examples are ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
3
Straight Muslim Allies of Same-Sex Unions Must Come Out of the …
This framework of khuntha nafsiyya (psychological intersexuality) is not limited to correction of gender and is broad enough to include the LGBT ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
4
Since when was the hijab a feminist statement?
The hijab, by definition, highlights sexual difference and effaces intersexuality. As the Harvard academic Leila Ahmed details in her book, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
ObamaTrade will export sexual deviancy
(I.e., once the TPP is passed, we are going to force nations to celebrate homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism, and intersexuality whether ... «RenewAmerica, Jun 15»
6
Senate Bill 2 and the tyranny of the birth certificate
For the approximately 1.7 percent of us who are born with some variety of intersexuality, our biological gear might be arranged in very different ... «News & Observer, Jun 15»
7
Ugandan academy endorses pro-gay report
... of sexual orientation and gender identity are, and not to confuse the two, and especially more data about transgenderism and intersexuality”. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 15»
8
These 12 Books That Rory Read On 'Gilmore Girls' Should Probably …
Pick it up because it deals with intersexuality like no other book has done before. As Calliope, a young girl living in Michigan, evolves into Cal, readers feel every ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
9
Sexual Orientation
... a male but as a person is a woman) and intersexuality (when your sexual anatomy doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male; ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jun 15»
10
Same Sex Marriages Coming to Zambia?
Intersexuality was people whose bodies (including genitals) have both female and male characteristics. Hermaphrodite was an original Greek ... «UKZAMBIANS, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Intersexuality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/intersexuality>. Apr 2024 ».
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