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fourth gender

fourth gender noun: a category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cis male nor cis female; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa.

Noun

fourth gender (countable and uncountable, plural fourth genders)

  1. A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cis male nor cis female; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa.

Forms of fourth gender

pluralfourth genders
alternative formfourth-gender

Questions about fourth gender

What does fourth gender mean?
Fourth gender means a category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cis male nor cis female; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa.
What part of speech is fourth gender?
Fourth gender is a noun.
What is the plural of fourth gender?
The plural of fourth gender is fourth genders.

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