Multigendered

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. An individual who identifies with various gender categories rather than a single one
2. Describes a person who embraces more than one gender identity simultaneously
3. Refers to someone whose gender identity spans several distinct categories rather than just one

Etymology: "Multigendered" is a plain compound: the prefix "multi-", from Latin "multus" meaning "many" or "much", attached to "gendered," the past-participle adjective built from "gender." The "gender" element comes through Old French "gendre" from Latin "genus," meaning kind, class or birth, so the core idea is of things sorted into many kinds. The result is a transparent coinage. Its meaning follows directly from its parts, which is why it needs no special history beyond the components, and the sense "having multiple genders" follows the same logic as "multilingual" or "multicolored." Its use is largely modern, tied to discussions of gender identity and to languages whose nouns fall into several grammatical classes.

Synonyms: gender-diverse, gender-fluid

Antonyms: monogendered