fourth gender

noun

A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cis male nor cis female; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa.

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Meanings

nounfourth gender (countable and uncountable, plural fourth genders)

plural fourth genders · alternative fourth-gender

  1. countableuncountableanthropologyA category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cis male nor cis female; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa.
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APA

fourth gender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth%20gender

MLA

“fourth gender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth%20gender. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fourth gender,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth%20gender.

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