Neurogender
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The gender of one's brain.
"Murphy was concerned with the “cross gendered,” those whose “neurogender [gender/sex of the brain] is not the same as the morphological/physical/genital gender."
- 2 A gender type that is linked to neurological factors.
"Includes “genderqueer/gender non-conforming”, “genderfluid”, “agender”, “nonbinary”, and other (eg, “neurogender”, “bigender”, “androgyne”, “two-spirit”, “questioning”)"
- 1 Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism). neologism
"If you know someone else who is neurogender, or another gender you've never heard of, or simply autistic plus trans of any kind, believe them when they tell you who they are."
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More examples"Murphy was concerned with the “cross gendered,” those whose “neurogender [gender/sex of the brain] is not the same as the morphological/physical/genital gender."
Etymology
From neuro- + gender.
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