sex characteristic
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1. those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | characteristic, feature, |
definition | : | a prominent attribute or aspect of something (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | primary sex character, primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic, |
definition | : | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | secondary sex character, secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic, |
definition | : | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | virilism, |
definition | : | the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy) (noun.attribute) |
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