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[Image ID: a redesigned Enpercept created by Gent (Gender-Jargon). The flag consists of five, horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as thick as all the others. From top to bottom, the stripes are grey-blue, dark teal, black, dark coral and lavender. ./. End ID]

Enpercept: a gender experience that is entirely unknowable and fundamentally incomprehensible, being unable to be understood by the individual experiencing it in any way, shape or form.

[PT: Enpercept: a gender experience that is entirely unknowable and fundamentally incomprehensible, being unable to be understood in any way, shape or form. ./. End PT]

Etymology

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From Middle English, "En-", a prefix used for negation + English, "Percept", meaning "to perceive". Literally, it means "Not Perceived".

Enpercept was originally coined as "Enperceptine" in it's adjective form. Coined by Gent (Gender-Jargon), 2020 on Gender-Resource (terminated) (link) [PT: Coined by Gender (Gender-Jargon), 2020 on Gender-Resource (terminated) (link) ./. End PT].

"Enpercept" is a noun for the identity itself. "Enpercept" was coined by Gent (Gender-Jargon) in June 2024 in this repost to provide a noun form.

Elaboration

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As stated in the original, now-archived post, Enpercept is an Uingender, but not an Agingender or Xingender.

This term does not indicate confusion regarding one's gender, but rather an acknowledgment of one's gender experience as being inherently unfathomable. As such, it is also not a Usingender.

To clarify, it's the gender itself that is unintelligible, as opposed to being a label for those who are unable to make sense of their gender. An Enpercept individuals know they can't know their gender and embrace that unknowability in their experience.

Enpercept is a outherine, atrinary gender, but it may also be categorized as diastine.

Pride Flag

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This post features a redesigned flag of my original Enpercept(ine) pride flag. The flag was redesigned with a more cohesive color pallet and slightly changed design. This flag was created by Gent (Gender-Jargon) in June 2024.

The flag consists of five, horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as thick as all the others. From top to bottom, the stripes are grey-blue, dark teal, black, dark coral and lavender. The colors have the following meanings:

The grey-blue stripe represents the ocean, which is used as a metaphor for the vast, deep unknown.

The dark teal stripe represents a lack of clarity.

The black stripe represents it's unintelligible nature.

The dark coral stripe represents speculation.

The lavender stripe represents a sense of mystery.

[image ID: The decligender pride flag, created by tumblr user mogai-guy, rerendered by Gender (Gender-Jargon). The flag consists of eight horizontal stripes, with the top stripe being much thicker than the rest. At the center of the top stripe is a black, near-equilateral black triangle pointing downwards. The stripes, from top to bottom, are colored light grey, black, white, black, white, purple, white and purple. ./. End ID]

Decligender: a gender identity characterized by repulsion to the concept of gender as a whole.

[PT: Decligender: a gender identity characterized by repulsion to the concept of gender as a whole. ./. End PT]

Etymology

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From English, "(to) decline", modified to "Decli-", meaning "to refuse" + "-gender", and English neologistic suffix indicating genderedness. Coined by tumblr user Mogai-Guy in February 2019 (link) [PT: Coined by tumblr user Mogai-Guy in February 2019 (link) ./. End PT] as a response to this image posted by tumblr user Genderoftheday (now defunct):

[Image ID: The question, "what is your gender?", with a select-drop-down menu, featuring the characteristic down-pointing arrow. The default selections says "Select Gender", followed by "Male", "Female" and "Decline". Decline is highlighted purple. ./. End ID]

Elaboration

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Decligender is similar to, but different from, Apothigender. Both experience involve repulsion in regards to gender (RIN, Ringender), but in distinct ways.

Apothigender involves a sense of repulsion of having a gender applied to oneself. For the apothigender individual, the repulsion is directed at gender in relation purely to oneself. An Apothigender individual does not have a gender, does not want one and finds the thought of it repulsive.

Decligender involves a sense of repulsion directed at the concept of gender as a whole. A decligender individual may lead an existence in which they act unaffected by participation in the construct of gender. A Decligender individual does not have a gender, does not want one, finds the thought repulsive and is repulsed by the concept all-together.

Decligender encompasses and surpasses Apothigender. Decligender is an outherine, atrinary gender. It may also be considered diastine.

This is a repost of my archival of Decligender from Gender-Resource (terminated) (link) [PT: This is a repost of my archival of Decligender fro mGender-Resource (terminated) (link). ./. End PT]. This repost includes a rerendered flag, additional explanation of important concepts and the fixing of broken links.

Pride Flag

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The flag posted here was rerendered by Gent (Gender-Jargon) in June 2024, but was originally posted and designed by tumblr user Mogai-Guy in February 2019 (link) [PT: The flag posted here was rerendered by Gent (Gender-Jargon) in June 2024, but was originally posted and designed by tumblr user Mogai-Guy in February 2019 (link) ./. End PT].

The flag consists of eight horizontal stripes, with the top stripe being much thicker than the rest. At the center of the top stripe is a black, near-equilateral black triangle pointing downwards. The stripes, from top to bottom, are colored light grey, black, white, black, white, purple, white and purple.

The flag is based upon the image of the "What Is Your Gender" drop-down menu included above. The flag utilizes the same color pallet of the image with minor adjustment. Though not directly stated, I presume that the design carries the following meanings:

the top stripe represents the drop-down menu from the image, symbolizing the concept of gender.

The subsequent white, black and purple stripes represent gender norms, repulsion related to the concept of gender itself and a declination of the concept of gender, respectively.