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virilism

[ vir-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a female disorder in which there is development of secondary male sexual characteristics, as hirsutism and lowered voice, caused by various conditions affecting hormone regulation.


virilism

/ ˈvɪrɪˌlɪzəm /

noun

  1. med the abnormal development in a woman of male secondary sex characteristics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of virilism1

First recorded in 1895–1900; virile + -ism
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Example Sentences

“So if we want to go toward equality we have to attack virilism.”

A woman who is gonad deficient with a superior adrenal will suffer from virilism and specialize in the extreme tactics and mythology of the feminist movement.

He declared that men had always eaten more meat than women and that “it’s not virilism, it’s nature.”

If physically feminine—due to adequate feminine reactions on the part of the other endocrines—she will at least show the qualities of a psychic virilism.

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