gender identity

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃əɾi/, /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃ɪɾi/, [ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ aɪˈdɛnəɾi], [ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ aɪˈdɛnɪɾi]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛndə aɪˈdɛntɪti/

Noun

gender identity (countable and uncountable, plural gender identities)

1. (psychology) A person's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
   • 2020 May 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 4, 2020:

     "Um... is there a better way to put it than 'female forms'? I mean, Justin's gender identity isn't getting morphed, is it?"

Derived terms

• gender identity disorder

Translations

person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender

• Arabic: هُوِيَّة جَنْدَرِيَّة‎ f (huwiyya jandariyya)
• Catalan: identitat de gènere f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 性別認同, 性别认同 (sing³ bit⁶ jing⁶ tung⁴)

  Mandarin: 性別認同, 性别认同 (xìngbié rèntóng)

• Danish: kønsidentitet c
• Dutch: geslachtsidentiteit f
• Finnish: sukupuoli-identiteetti (fi)
• French: identité sexuelle (fr) f

• German: Geschlechtsidentität f
• Japanese: 性同一性 (せいどういつせい, sei dōitsusei), ジェンダー・アイデンティティ (jendā-aidentiti), ジェンダー同一性 (jendā dōitsusei)
• Korean: 성정체성(性正體性) (seongjeongcheseong)
• Portuguese: identidade de gênero (pt) f
• Russian: ге́ндерная иденти́чность (ru) f (géndɛrnaja identíčnostʹ)
• Spanish: identidad de género (es) f
• Tagalog: katauhang pangkasarian
• Vietnamese: bản dạng giới