third gender
noun1
Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences 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
- agender, bigender, ambigender, cisgender, genderfluid, genderqueer, non-binary, transgender, two-spirit, sworn virgin