"contrasexual" meaning in All languages combined

See contrasexual on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more contrasexual [comparative], most contrasexual [superlative]
Etymology: From contra- + sexual. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|contra|sexual}} contra- + sexual Head templates: {{en-adj}} contrasexual (comparative more contrasexual, superlative most contrasexual)
  1. (Jungian psychology, of part of the psyche) Having characteristics of the opposite gender. Categories (topical): Psychology
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          "ref": "1997, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Gender and Desire: Uncursing Pandora, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN:",
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