gender identity
UK/ˈd͡ʒɛn.də aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.ti//ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃.ə.ɾi/
gender identity noun: an individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
Noun
gender identity (countable and uncountable, plural gender identities)
- 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?"2020 May 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 4, 2020
- Gender identity development may be conceptualized as a continuous, lifelong process of gender self-categorization, which involves matching oneself to a gender group that seems to be a “best fit” using information related to a number of interactive factors such as an internal sense of gendered self...2024 November 29, Jacqueline C. S. To, Marshall M. C. Hui, Karson T. F. Kung, “Self-Reported Multidimensional Gender Identity in Autistic and Non-Autistic Children”, in Journal of Autism and...
gender identity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gender identity in Hindi
- person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- लिंग पहचान liṅg pahcān
gender identity in Tamil
- person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- பாலின அடையாளம் pāliṉa aṭaiyāḷam
gender identity in Marathi
- person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- लिंगभाव ओळख liṅgbhāv oḷakh
gender identity in Urdu
- person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- صنفی شناخت
More languagesFewer languages
- gender identity in Nepali
- लैङ्गिक पहिचान laiṅgik pahicān
- gender identity in Tagalog
- katauhang pangkasarian
- gender identity in Arabic
- هُوِيَّة جَنْدَرِيَّة huwiyya jandariyya
- gender identity in Indonesian
- identitas gender
- gender identity in Persian
- هویت جنسیتی
- gender identity in Vietnamese
- bản dạng giới
Forms of gender identity
| plural | gender identities |
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Origin of gender identity
Coined by American professor of psychiatry and researcher Robert J. Stoller in 1964.
Words formed from gender identity
Questions about gender identity
- What does gender identity mean?
- Gender identity means an individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
- What is gender identity in Hindi?
- Gender identity in Hindi is लिंग पहचान (liṅg pahcān). See Gender identity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gender identity?
- Gender identity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gender identity?
- Gender identity is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃.ə.ɾi/ (US).
- What is the plural of gender identity?
- The plural of gender identity is gender identities.
Words near gender identity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gender identity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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