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AGENERO [3 records]

Record 1 2024-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

A person who does not have a gender.

OBS

Agender people often identify as non-binary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Personne qui n'a pas de genre.

OBS

Les personnes agenres s'identifient souvent comme des personnes non binaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
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Record 2 2023-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

Referring to a person who does not have a gender.

OBS

Agender people often identify as non-binary.

Key term(s)
  • genderfree

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Se dit d'une personne qui n'a pas de genre.

OBS

Les personnes agenres s'identifient souvent comme des personnes non binaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
DEF

Se dice de las personas que no se identifican con ninguno de los géneros, ni el masculino ni el femenino, independientemente del cuerpo con el que hayan nacido; por lo tanto, se consideran de género nulo.

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Record 3 2019-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

In a given society, a person who deviates from what is culturally associated with their sex assigned at birth.

Key term(s)
  • gender-non-conforming person
  • gender nonconformist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Dans une société donnée, personne qui s'écarte de ce qui est culturellement associé à son sexe assigné à la naissance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
DEF

Persona a la que se le asignó un género al nacer pero que desarrolla una identidad de género diferente.

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