third gender

See also: third-gender

English

Alternative forms

• third-gender (attributive)

Noun

third gender (countable and uncountable, plural third genders)

1. (anthropology) A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize three or more genders, which is neither male nor female; in some societies, the category may contain individuals who are intersex or androgynous, while other societies may categorize transgender people into it. (Compare fourth gender.)

Related terms

• transgender
• genderqueer
• non-binary
• bigender, ambigender
• genderfluid
• agender
• cisgender

See also

• two-spirit, sworn virgin