neopronoun

American

[nee-oh-proh-naun] / ˈni oʊˌproʊ naʊn /

noun

a type of gender-neutral pronoun, coined after 1800, and used especially by nonbinary and genderqueer people, as in English ze/hir/hirs, e/em/eirs, or xe/xem/xyrs.

First recorded in 1985–90; neo- ( def. ) + pronoun ( def. )

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