| NOUN | attribute | sex characteristic, sexual characteristic, sex character | those characteristics / characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
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| 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 | |
| Narrower | primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic, primary sex character | The genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
| 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 |
| Adjectives | sex-limited | relating to characteristics / characteristics that are expressed differently in the two sexes |
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