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genderqueer

genderqueer adjective: not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

Adjective

genderqueer (not comparable)

  1. Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
    Synonyms:
    non-binary

Noun

genderqueer (plural genderqueers)

  1. (sometimes considered offensive) Someone who is genderqueer.
    • I am a FAAB (female-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer, and I have a good friend who is a MAAB (male-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer.2013, Joe MacDonald, An Autoethnography of Queer Transmasculine Femme Incoherence and The Ethics of Trans Research, Emerald Group, page 145
    Synonyms:
    enby

Verb

genderqueer (third-person singular simple present genderqueers, present participle genderqueering, simple past and past participle genderqueered)

  1. (transitive) (sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer.

genderqueer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

genderqueer in Hindi

having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
जेंडर कवीर jeṇḍar kavīr

genderqueer in Tamil

having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
பால்புதுமையர் pālputumaiyar

genderqueer in Arabic

having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
جَنْدَر كُوِير jandar kuwīr, كُوِيرِيّ الْجَنْدَر kuwīriyy al-jandar

genderqueer in Vietnamese

having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
đa dạng giới

Synonyms of genderqueer

Forms of genderqueer

Noun
pluralgenderqueers
Verb
third-person singular presentgenderqueers
present participlegenderqueering
past participlegenderqueered
pastgenderqueered

Origin of genderqueer

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

Words formed from genderqueer

Questions about genderqueer

What does genderqueer mean?
Genderqueer means not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
What is genderqueer in Hindi?
Genderqueer in Hindi is जेंडर कवीर (jeṇḍar kavīr). See Genderqueer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is genderqueer?
Genderqueer can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near genderqueer in the dictionary

  1. genderphobia
  2. genderplay
  3. genderpunk
  4. genderquake
  5. genderquakes
  6. genderqueer
  7. genderqueered
  8. genderqueering
  9. genderqueerness
  10. genderqueers
  11. genders

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