Catgender
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The xenogender of a person who identifies with or behaves like a cat. uncountable
"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 level most would probably consider absurd, and yet these gender identity categories have even — albeit temporarily — been incorporated within UK university 'pronoun guides'."
Example
More examples"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 level most would probably consider absurd, and yet these gender identity categories have even — albeit temporarily — been incorporated within UK university 'pronoun guides'."
Etymology
From cat + gender.
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