Meanings
noungender identity (countable and uncountable, plural gender identities)
plural gender identities
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesAn individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
"Um... is there a better way to put it than 'female forms'? I mean, Justin's gender identity isn't getting morphed, is it?"
2020 May 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 4, 20202 more examples
Gender identity development may be conceptualized as a continuous, lifelong process of gender self-categorization, which involves matching oneself to a gender group that seems to be a “best fit” using information related to a number of interactive factors such as an internal sense of gendered self, gendered attributes, and other people’s perceptions (Jackson & Bussey, 2023, 2024).
2024 November 29, Jacqueline C. S. To, Marshall M. C. Hui, Karson T. F. Kung, “Self-Reported Multidimensional Gender Identity in Autistic and Non-Autistic Children”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOIAB-89 would have required that participation in sex-segregated California school programs, athletic teams, and facility use be based on a pupil’s sex, not gender identity.
2025 April 1, FOX26 News Staff, “Both transgender athlete bills fail in California”, in FOX26 News
Origin
Coined by American professor of psychiatry and researcher Robert J. Stoller in 1964.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هُوِيَّة جَنْدَرِيَّة
- هُوِيَّة جَنْدَرِيَّة (huwiyya jandariyya)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Basque genero-identitate
- genero-identitateperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Bulgarian полова идентичност
- полова идентичност (polova identičnost)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Catalan identitat de gènere
- identitat de gènereperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Chinese Cantonese 性別認同 /性别认同
- 性別認同 /性别认同person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Chinese Mandarin 性別認同 /性别认同
- 性別認同 /性别认同 (xìngbié rèntóng)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Czech genderová identita
- genderová identitaperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Danish kønsidentitet
- kønsidentitetperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Dutch geslachtsidentiteit, genderidentiteit
- geslachtsidentiteitperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- genderidentiteitperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Esperanto genra identeco
- genra identecoperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Estonian sooidentiteet
- sooidentiteetperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Finnish sukupuoli-identiteetti
- sukupuoli-identiteettiperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
French identité sexuelle, identité de genre
- identité sexuelleperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- identité de genreperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
German Geschlechtsidentität
- Geschlechtsidentitätperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Greek ταυτότητα φύλου
- ταυτότητα φύλου (taftótita fýlou)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Hebrew זהות מגדרית
- זהות מגדריתperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Hindi लिंग पहचान
- लिंग पहचान (liṅg pahcān)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Hungarian nemi identitás
- nemi identitásperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Icelandic kynvitund
- kynvitundperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Indonesian identitas gender
- identitas genderperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Italian identità di genere
- identità di genereperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Japanese 性同一性, ジェンダー・アイデンティティ
- 性同一性 (sei dōitsusei)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- ジェンダー・アイデンティティ (jendā-aidentiti)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
- ジェンダー同一性 (jendā dōitsusei)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Korean 성정체성
- 성정체성 (seongjeongcheseong)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Latvian dzimtes identitāte
- dzimtes identitāteperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Lithuanian lyties tapatybė
- lyties tapatybėperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Norwegian Bokmål kjønnsidentitet
- kjønnsidentitetperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Persian هویت جنسیتی
- هویت جنسیتیperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Polish tożsamość płciowa
- tożsamość płciowaperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Portuguese identidade de gênero
- identidade de gêneroperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Romanian identitate de gen
- identitate de genperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Russian ге́ндерная иденти́чность
- ге́ндерная иденти́чность (géndɛrnaja identíčnostʹ)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Slovak rodová identita
- rodová identitaperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Spanish identidad de género
- identidad de géneroperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Swedish könsidentitet
- könsidentitetperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Tagalog katauhang pangkasarian
- katauhang pangkasarianperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Tamil பாலின அடையாளம்
- பாலின அடையாளம் (pāliṉa aṭaiyāḷam)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Turkish cinsiyet kimliği
- cinsiyet kimliğiperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Ukrainian гендерна ідентичність
- гендерна ідентичність (henderna identyčnistʹ)person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Urdu صنفی شناخت
- صنفی شناختperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Vietnamese bản dạng giới
- bản dạng giớiperson's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Cite this entry
APA
gender identity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20identity
MLA
“gender identity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20identity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender identity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20identity.
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