English

Alternative forms

• fourth-gender (attributive)

Noun

fourth gender ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fourth genders)

1. (anthropology) A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cismale nor cisfemale; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa. (Compare third gender.)

Related terms

• see third gender