English Explanatory Dictionary

genderqueer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
noun
  1. Someone who is genderqueer.
verb
  1. (sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

genderqueer genderqueers genderqueering genderqueered

Etymology

From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins.

Synonyms

non-binary enby

Related words

genderfuck cisgender transgender androgyne trans* hermaphrodite intersex two-spirit sworn virgin

Derived words

genderqueerness tenderqueer
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