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catgender

catgender noun: the xenogender of a person who identifies with or behaves like a cat.

Noun

catgender (uncountable)

  1. The xenogender of a person who identifies with or behaves like a cat.
    • We may also see risk with the growth in ideas like 'xenogender', a rather novel identity category that has emerged within some sexual and gender diverse communities where a person may identify with other species (or objects), such as 'catgender'. This obviously extends the notion of gender to a...2024, Darren Langdridge, Sexual Citizenship and Social Change: A Dialectical Approach to Narratives of Tradition and Critique, page 100
    • A remarkable number of youth in the region identify as catgender. They eat on the floor, nuzzle human companions, and expect teachers to use their correct pronouns, nya/nyan. There is also evidence of a thriving local community of Satanists.2024, Ryan Fitzgibbon, A Great Gay Book

Adjective

catgender (not comparable)

  1. Of a person, identifying as a cat.

Origin of catgender

From cat + gender.

Questions about catgender

What does catgender mean?
Catgender means the xenogender of a person who identifies with or behaves like a cat.
What part of speech is catgender?
Catgender can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near catgender in the dictionary

  1. Catford
  2. Catfords
  3. catfucker
  4. catfuckers
  5. catfur
  6. catgender
  7. catgirl
  8. catgirls
  9. catgut
  10. catgut scraper
  11. catgut scrapers

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