The difference between Epicene and Epicenism
When used as nouns, epicene means an epicene word, whereas epicenism means the property of being epicene.
Epicene is also adjective with the meaning: of or related to a class of greek and latin nouns that may refer to men or women but have a fixed grammatical gender.
check bellow for the other definitions of Epicene and Epicenism
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Epicene as an adjective (linguistics):
Of or related to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to men or women but have a fixed grammatical gender.
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Epicene as an adjective (linguistics):
Of or related to nouns (in any language) that have a single form for male and female referents.
Examples:
"synonyms: common"
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Epicene as an adjective (biology, _, &, _, figuratively):
Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, hermaphrodite, androgynous, or intersex.
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Epicene as an adjective (figuratively, of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):
Effeminate.
Examples:
"synonyms: effeminate"
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Epicene as an adjective (figuratively):
Indeterminate; mixed.
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Epicene as an adjective:
Suitable for use regardless of sex: unisex.
Examples:
"synonyms: unisex"
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Epicene as a noun (linguistics):
An epicene word.
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Epicene as a noun (linguistics, with definite article):
The epicene words of a language as a class.
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Epicene as a noun:
An epicene person, an androgyne, whether biologically asexual, intersex, or hermaphrodite or of indeterminate sex in behavior and appearance.
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Epicene as a noun (of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):
An effeminate man, particularly a man dressed as a woman.
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Epicenism as a noun:
The property of being epicene.