neutrois

neu·trois
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UK/ˈnjutɹɑː/US/-tɹɔɪs/

adjective

Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.

OriginFrench neu(tre) ← Latin neu(ter) →
First used 1995Scrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectiveneutrois (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareChiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.First known use 1995

    "To question my behavior is to deny your own." –Holly A. Burnham […] Gender Punk. Gender Anarchy. Gender Terrorism. Neutrois Revolution! [email signature]

    1996 December 3, <GoSpangs@aol.com>, “You Can Never Go Home”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet)
    3 more examples

    It [the word transgender(ed)] can also refer to those who present as androgynous or do not define themselves by gender at all. In some cases, these people self-identify as genderqueer, genderless, or neutrois.

    2005, Matt Kailey, “Trans-lations”, in Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 167

    A social-media site famously proposes seventy-one gender options—neutrois, two spirit, bigender … any colour you like, Mr Ford. Biology is not destiny after all, and there's cause for celebration.

    2016, Ian McEwan, chapter 15, in Nutshell […], Toronto, Ont.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf Canada, →ISBN, page 144

    Being neutrois is living completely outside the gender binary. For me, neutrois is a gender identity exactly in the middle of the spectrum, but without any female- or maleness within it. […] Because of my neutrois identity, I am honored by they/them/their pronouns, and prefer to be referred to with gender-neutral words such as "person" and "sibling".

    2016, Ashley Mardell, “Gender”, in The ABC’s of LGBT+, [Coral Gables, Fla.]: Mango Media, →ISBN, page 126

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
genderless

Origin

  1. Frenchtrois“three”
  2. Latinneu(ter)“neuter”
  3. Frenchneu(tre)“neuter”
  4. Englishneutrois

Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.

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Translations

Finnish sukupuoleton
  • sukupuoletonchiefly of a person: having a neutral gender — see also agender
Japanese ニュートロワ
  • ニュートロワ (nyūtorowa)chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender — see also agender

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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