性せい同どう一いつ性せい

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Meanings

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noun

gender identity

Psychological term referring to one's internal sense of being male, female, or another gender. Used in formal and medical contexts.

性せい同どう一いつ性せいは、生せい物ぶつ学がく的てきな性せい別べつと

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Gender identity does not necessarily match biological sex.

性せい同どう一いつ性せい障しょう害がいという言こと葉ばは、現げん在ざいではあまり使つかわれなくなっている。

The term 'gender identity disorder' is now less commonly used.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
同same, agree, equal
一one, one radical (no.1)

Related words

性せい自じ認にん
性自認 is a more colloquial and recent term for gender identity, often used in LGBTQ+ contexts, while 性同一性 is the formal psychological term.
性せい別べつ
性別 refers to biological sex or gender as a social category, whereas 性同一性 specifically refers to one's internal sense of gender.

Word family

性せい同どう一いつ性せい障しょう害がい
gender identity disorder; GID; gender dysphoria
性せい同どう一いつ性せい障しょう害がい者しゃ
person with gender identity disorder

Built from

性せい+同どう一いつ性せい

Etymology

Compound of 性 (sei, 'sex, gender'), 同一 (dōitsu, 'identical, same'), and 性 (sei, 'nature, quality'), literally 'gender sameness nature'. A modern calque from English 'gender identity'.