Source Word
third gender
Noun
countable
uncountable
(anthropology)
A
category
(a
gender),
present
in
societies
which
recognize
three
or
more
genders,
which
is
neither
male
nor
female;
in
some
societies,
the
category
may
contain
individuals
who
are
intersex
or
androgynous,
while
other
societies
may
categorize
transgender
people
into
it.
(Compare
fourth
gender.)
Japanese Meaning
(人類学)男性とも女性とも異なる、第三の性別として認識される分類。 / 多くの社会で、男性と女性以外のジェンダーを持つ個人がこのカテゴリーに分類される。 / 場合によっては、インターセックスやアンドロジナスな性質を持つ個人、またはトランスジェンダーの個人を含むことがある。
Sense(1)
(anthropology)
A
category
(a
gender),
present
in
societies
which
recognize
three
or
more
genders,
which
is
neither
male
nor
female;
in
some
societies,
the
category
may
contain
individuals
who
are
intersex
or
androgynous,
while
other
societies
may
categorize
transgender
people
into
it.
(Compare
fourth
gender.)
( plural )