Phrase guide

gender identity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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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