Etymology

xenogender

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Today it means: A non-binary gender that is defined not in relation to male or female but by characteristics connected to a thing or concept. Full definition →

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The story

From xeno- (“strange”) + gender. Coined by American Tumblr user baaphomett on June 24, 2014, at age 19 or 20, along with other gender-related terms.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.