contrasexual

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of part of the psyche, having characteristics of the opposite gender.

   • Another contemporary scholar of Gnosticism, C. G. Jung, has taken this notion of the twin ray and applied it to his own model of the contrasexual nature of the self.
   • If one rigidly keeps one's inner contrasexual side unacknowledged, no psychic growth can occur.
   • The issue of gender becomes reality based with the human experience of the contrasexual aspect of our own psyches.
2. 2

   A person having personality characteristics usually associated with the opposite gender.

   • Another prominent characteristic of the contrasexuals is that, in contrast to the other working women, they are more likely to go off on adventurous vacations as well as more inclined to take out mortgages and purchase their own homes […]

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