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

  1. 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.

  2. 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"

  3. Epicene as an adjective (biology, _, &, _, figuratively):

    Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, hermaphrodite, androgynous, or intersex.

  4. Epicene as an adjective (figuratively, of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):

    Effeminate.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: effeminate"

  5. Epicene as an adjective (figuratively):

    Indeterminate; mixed.

  6. Epicene as an adjective:

    Suitable for use regardless of sex: unisex.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: unisex"

  1. Epicene as a noun (linguistics):

    An epicene word.

  2. Epicene as a noun (linguistics, with definite article):

    The epicene words of a language as a class.

  3. Epicene as a noun:

    An epicene person, an androgyne, whether biologically asexual, intersex, or hermaphrodite or of indeterminate sex in behavior and appearance.

  4. Epicene as a noun (of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):

    An effeminate man, particularly a man dressed as a woman.

  1. Epicenism as a noun:

    The property of being epicene.

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