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ipso gender

ipso gender adjective: of an intersex person: identifying with the sex they were medically assigned; having a gender which matches their assigned sex.

Adjective

ipso gender

  1. Of an intersex person: identifying with the sex they were medically assigned; having a gender which matches their assigned sex.
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Origin of ipso gender

Coined by C. G. Costello in 2014. Latin ipso means "at the very same" (gender as they were assigned), compare ipso facto or ipso substitution.

Questions about ipso gender

What does ipso gender mean?
Ipso gender means of an intersex person: identifying with the sex they were medically assigned; having a gender which matches their assigned sex.
What part of speech is ipso gender?
Ipso gender is an adjective.

Words near ipso gender in the dictionary

  1. ipsissima verba
  2. ipsissimosity
  3. ipsiversive
  4. IPSO
  5. ipso facto
  6. ipso gender
  7. Ipstones
  8. Ipswich
  9. Ipswich sparrow
  10. Ipswich sparrows
  11. Ipswichian

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