Meaning | Those characteristics / characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other. |
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Synonyms | sexual characteristic, sex character |
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Narrower | primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic, primary sex character | The genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
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secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic, secondary sex character | The genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
virilism | The development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy) |
Broader | feature, characteristic | A prominent attribute or aspect of something |
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Adjectives | sex-limited | relating to characteristics / characteristics that are expressed differently in the two sexes |
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