autogynephilia
au·to·gyn·e·phil·ia/ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/noun
autogynephilia is a noun meaning “In Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-U-T-O-G-Y-N-E-P-H-I-L-I-A and has 6 syllables (au·to·gyn·e·phil·ia), and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does autogynephilia mean?
noun
- 1
In Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.
Charles Moser (2010), “Blanchard’s Autogynephilia Theory: A Critique”, in Journal of Homosexuality, volume 57, number 6, →DOI, pages 790–809: “If autogynephilia were a paraphilia, we would expect that MTFs would want estrogens to feminize t
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce autogynephilia?
- UK /ˌɔː.təʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/
- US /ˌɔ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/
- /ˌɑ.toʊˌɡaɪ.nəˈfɪ.li.ə/
Autogynephilia has 6 syllables, split au·to·gyn·e·phil·ia in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is autogynephilia?
Autogynephilia appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate autogynephilia?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of autogynephilia: AGP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Autogynephilia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense supposed paraphilia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | autogynéphilie |
| German | Autogynophilie, Autogynäkophilie |
| Portuguese | autoginefilia, autoginofilia |
| Spanish | autoginofilia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does autogynephilia come from?
From auto- + gynephilia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).