† bi-gendern.1
Biology. Obsolete. rare.
The state or condition of having two sexes.
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the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes
hermaphroditism1808
androgynism1823
hermaphrodism1828
androgynity1842
bisexuality1842
androgyny1852
bisexualism1865
pseudohermaphroditism1881
asexuality1886
virilism1896
bi-gender1912
intersexuality1916
sex intergrade1916
relative sexuality1926
ambisexuality1938
monoecy1949
testicular feminization (or feminizing)1953
1912 Univ. Calif. Chron. Apr. 129 Threophastus.., twenty-three centuries ago asserted, the bi-gender of plants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
bi-genderadj.n.2
/ˌbʌɪˈdʒɛndə/, U.S. /ˌbaɪˈdʒɛndər/ A. adj.
1. Involving or comprising both men and women; suitable for both sexes; = bi-gendered adj. 1.
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1926 Port Arthur (Texas) News 17 Nov. 4/2 The English language must be provided with the bi-gender pronoun... We suggest ‘hizzer’.
1954 Winnipeg Free Press 30 Mar. 13/6 (comic strip) My platform is a return to the ABCs..! The Abolishment of Bi-gender Classes! Segregate the girls from the boys in school!
1998 Direct Marketing July 41/1 It's best..to dispense with honorifics completely... Honorifics will be wrong in bi-gender names (Lee, Dana, Kim), [etc.].
2007 C. Bond in T. E. Carbonneau & P. J. McConnaughay Handbk. Employm. Arbitratration & ADR iii. iv. 179 Each party in a mediation presided over by a bi-gender panel would..feel a connection with the mediator of their gender.
2. Having attributes or characteristics of two genders; esp. designating a person whose sense of personal identity encompasses two genders; of or relating to such a person or people. Cf. bi-gendered adj. 2b.
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1978 Observer 10 Dec. 39/3 Human beings are aware..of the maleness and femaleness they contain.., [but they] ‘suppress their other side.’ So though people may feel..their ‘bi-gender identity’, most do not live it out in sexual relationships with both sexes.
1994 Re: Northstar in rec.arts.comics.xbooks (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Dec. Is she bigender and bisexual, or does she have a fixed gender and sexual preference?
2007 B. Shelby Scotl. for Dummies (ed. 4) i. 50 Glasgay! brings one of the U.K.'s largest festivals of gay, lesbian, and bi-gender culture..to Glasgow.
2013 N.Y. Times 10 Jan. (Late ed.) e8/2 Being bi-gender is like manifesting both masculine and feminine personas.
B. n.2
1. The state or quality of having a personal identity which encompasses two genders; bi-gender identity. rare.
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1984 TV-TS Tapestry No. 44. 61/2 Eonism..does not mean bi-gender because bi-gender includes recreational cross-dressers, and persons who do not adopt the ‘womanly’ persona.
2000 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 13 Aug. 11 a He's explained to them his feeling of ‘bi-gender’ and not wanting to live in society's ‘box A for boys, box B for girls’.
2. A person whose sense of personal identity encompasses two genders.
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1996 L. Feinberg Transgender Warrior p. x I asked many self-identified transgender activists..who they believed were included under the umbrella term. Those polled named: transsexuals, transgenders, transvestites, transgenderists, bigenders, drag queens, [etc.]
2014 M. S. Brown Data Mining for Dummies App. C. 352 Experian also offers..brand preference..measures for many population segments, including kids and teens; lesbians, gays, bigenders, and transgenders; [etc.].
2016 @C0FFTAE 26 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) As a bi-gender I use two names but never thought of a genderfluid name.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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