Metagender
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metagender is a noun meaning (sociology) The use of categories to conceive of gender; the possible ways in which gender can manifest itself.
Meaning
(sociology) The use of categories to conceive of gender; the possible ways in which gender can manifest itself.
More Meanings
- A gender identification that is neither male nor female.
Example Sentences
Metagenders can have any body type, genital configuration, or chromosome type.
Gender mainstreaming is a metagender equality strategy (Krook and True forthcoming; True 2009b).
A number of critics see Shakespeare endorsing cross-gendering. Shakespeare is, what might be called, a skillful exponent of metagender beliefs.
But note also Rhonda McDaniel, in this volume, who traces another possibility–that of a “metagender” that transcends male and female and is available to saints of both sexes who pursue virginity – in the writings of Ambrose.
Word Forms
- metagenders
- meta-gender
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multigenderism, psychogender, bigenderism, gendersex, bio-gender, biogender.
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