ambisexual

as in androgynous
suitable to or for either sex The glasses were designed to be ambisexual, making them work with all sorts of styles.

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Recent Examples of ambisexual Ferris delivers that speech in the shower while wearing a punk’s shampoo Mohawk, then an ambisexual head turban. Armond White, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
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Adjective
  • In the 1960s, Twiggy’s thin, androgynous frame became the face of fashion right as the women’s liberation movement was gaining traction, challenging traditional roles and demanding equality.
    Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025
  • Souls were essentially androgynous, albeit with numerous gradations.
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • These disadvantages predict that unisexual species should go extinct within at most 100,000 generations.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This provides both benefits and pitfalls for the less-mobile unisexual females.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Adjective
  • The genderless juice brings to mind vast open skies.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • So there are these moments where fashion is expressed in this genderless form—-it’s all about freedom.
    Essence, Essence, 17 June 2025

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“Ambisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambisexual. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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