gender identity

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃.ə.ɾi/US/ˈd͡ʒɛn.də aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.ti/UK

Etymology

Coined by American professor of psychiatry and researcher Robert J. Stoller in 1964.

Definitions

  1. An individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or…

    An individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.

    • "Um... is there a better way to put it than 'female forms'? I mean, Justin's gender identity isn't getting morphed, is it?"
    • AB-89 would have required that participation in sex-segregated California school programs, athletic teams, and facility use be based on a pupil’s sex, not gender identity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gender identity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA