noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃.ə.ɾi/
General-American:/-ɪ.ɾi/
General-American:[ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛn.ə.ɾi]
General-American:[-ɪ.ɾi]
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈd͡ʒɛn.də aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.ti/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: identity, personal identity, individuality
History
Etymology
Coined by American professor of psychiatry and researcher Robert J. Stoller in 1964.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
identiteti gjinor
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Arabic:
هُوِيَّة جَنْدَرِيَّة
(huwiyya jandariyya)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Armenian:
գենդերային ինքնություն
(genderayin inkʻnutʻyun)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Azerbaijani:
gender kimliyi
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Basque:
genero-identitate
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Bulgarian:
полова идентичност
(polova identičnost)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Catalan:
identitat de gènere
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Cebuano:
pagkailhanan sa kinatawhan
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Chinese Cantonese:
性別認同 /性别认同
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Chinese Mandarin:
性別認同 /性别认同
(xìngbié rèntóng)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Czech:
genderová identita
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Danish:
kønsidentitet
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Dutch:
geslachtsidentiteit
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Dutch:
genderidentiteit
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Esperanto:
genra identeco
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Estonian:
sooidentiteet
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Finnish:
sukupuoli-identiteetti
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
French:
identité sexuelle
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
French:
identité de genre
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Galician:
identidade de xénero
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Georgian:
გენდერული იდენტობა
(genderuli idenṭoba)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
German:
Geschlechtsidentität
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Greek:
ταυτότητα φύλου
(taftótita fýlou)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Hebrew:
זהות מגדרית
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Hindi:
लिंग पहचान
(liṅg pahcān)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Hungarian:
nemi identitás
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Icelandic:
kynvitund
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Indonesian:
identitas gender
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Italian:
identità di genere
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Japanese:
性同一性
(sei dōitsusei)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Japanese:
ジェンダー・アイデンティティ
(jendā-aidentiti)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Japanese:
ジェンダー同一性
(jendā dōitsusei)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Javanese:
identitas gender
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Kazakh:
гендерлік сәйкестік
(genderlık säikestık)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Korean:
성정체성
(seongjeongcheseong)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Central Kurdish:
ناسنامەی جێندەری
(nasnamey cênderî)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Latvian:
dzimtes identitāte
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Lithuanian:
lyties tapatybė
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Marathi:
लिंगभाव ओळख
(liṅgbhāv oḷakh)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Nepali:
लैङ्गिक पहिचान
(laiṅgik pahicān)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjønnsidentitet
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Persian:
هویت جنسیتی
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Polish:
tożsamość płciowa
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Portuguese:
identidade de gênero
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Punjabi:
جنسی شناخت
(jnsī śnāxt)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Romanian:
identitate de gen
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Russian:
ге́ндерная иденти́чность
(géndɛrnaja identíčnostʹ)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Slovak:
rodová identita
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Slovene:
spolna identiteta
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Spanish:
identidad de género
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Swedish:
könsidentitet
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Tagalog:
katauhang pangkasarian
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Tamil:
பாலின அடையாளம்
(pāliṉa aṭaiyāḷam)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Turkish:
cinsiyet kimliği
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Ukrainian:
гендерна ідентичність
(henderna identyčnistʹ)
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Urdu:
صنفی شناخت
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender
Vietnamese:
bản dạng giới
— person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender