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ipso gender

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of an intersex person: identifying with the sex they were medically assigned; having a gender which matches their assigned sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Coined by C. G. Costello in 2014. Latin ipso means "at the very same" (gender as they were assigned), compare ipso facto or ipso substitution.