gender identity
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by American professor of psychiatry and researcher Robert J. Stoller in 1964.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃.ə.ɾi/, /-ɪ.ɾi/, [ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛn.ə.ɾi], [-ɪ.ɾi]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.də aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.ti/
Noun edit
gender identity (countable and uncountable, plural gender identities)
- (psychology) An individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
- 2020 May 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 4, 2020:
- "Um... is there a better way to put it than 'female forms'? I mean, Justin's gender identity isn't getting morphed, is it?"
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
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Further reading edit
- gender identity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia