About Outherinities (Supplementary Information)
Below are the three categories that fall under outherine - a gender quality that is outside of the ordinous qualities of masculine, feminine, androgynous, and neutral. It was coined here. This post is a rewrite of this explanation of outherinities, originally written by Tumblr user theoutherlings/outherwordlycoinings/our-outherly-experience.
The original post refers to âpre-existingâ qualities, which are the qualities of masculine, feminine, androgynous, and neutral (the ordinous qualities.) In contrast, the phrase âbrand newâ is used to refer to qualities outside of these (the exordinous qualities, but in this case specifically outherine ones.)
Category 1: Entirely new, apart from those other four, yet not exactly xenine (My proposal: metanine/metaninity)
Itherine: All qualities that can be described as âother.â They exist separate from ordinous gender concepts, having no relation or similarity to them. Noun itherinity.
Etymology: Scots word for "other." Coining post here.
Examples of itherine qualities:
Aliusine (from aliagender)
PĂŠraine (from pĂŠragender)
Ipsine: All qualities that can be described as âunique to the person.â These qualities are defined around oneâs personhood or an aspect of oneâs identity. Noun: ipsinity.
Etymology: Prefix ipsi-, from Latin ipse, meaning "self."
Examples of ipsine qualities:
Autonine (egogender), relating to the person's own self (not to be confused with autonomy or autoninity, qualities related to maverinity)
Alterine, relating to the person's alterhumanity
Qualities relating to being a system
Gender qualities relating to the person's neurotype, disability, etc.
Gender qualities relating to the person intersex status
Preterine: All qualities that can be described as existing beyond pre-established gender concepts, but not beyond the concept of gender itself, which distinguishes them from yonderinities. These qualities may exist on a different plane from the main ones, but thatâs not always the case. They may experience the sense of eeriness or otherworldliness kenochoric genders have without the feelings of genderlessness, gender apathy, (semi)-xenity, etc. that are common to kenosity. Noun: preterinity.
Etymology: From Latin praeter, meaning "beyond."
Examples of preterine qualities:
Infinitive (an abundance of gendered elements/gendered amplitude)
Luxine (gendered holiness, light, or divinity - when non-xenine)
Ineffaline: All qualities that defy any form of classification without it being questioning, unspecific, or yonderine. Noun: ineffalinity.
Etymology: Based on the word âineffable.â Coining post here.
Category 2: Entirely new, but can be compared to the overall four ordinous qualities (umbine/umbinity)
Disine: All qualities that can be defined as being the opposite of an ordinous quality while not being any of the other existing ones, or any quality that can simply be defined as just being "not X" or "the opposite of X." Noun: disinity.
Etymology: From the Latin prefix dis-, meaning "not" or "separation/removal."
An example of a disine quality is altraenine, which exists in opposition to both masculinity and femininity. It can also be considered to be circumine (see below), as it also exists beside the two in the gender spectrum, like forming a triangle. An antineutral quality that is not inherently ordinous but rather just "antineutral" can also be considered disine.
Circumine: All qualities that can be defined as existing around or near an ordinous quality, being similar to it but otherwise distinct. Circumine qualities exist in proximity to a given quality or can be compared to it. They can also feel as though they are evolving from ordinous qualities. Noun: circuminity.
Etymology: From the Latin prefix circum-, meaning "around." Coining post here.
Examples of circumine qualities:
Ainuline (comparable to masculinity)
Ainemine (comparable to femininity)
Altraenine (also disine, see above)
Gender ambiguity and ambiguinity
Pandrogyny in its original meaning
This term is similar to esquine, a quality for all proximal genders and gender alignments (being similar to a gender but distinct.) The difference is that not all proximals and not all alignments are outherine. Circumine may be considered a subset of esquinity.
Category 3: Uncommon combinations (My proposal: syncrine/syncrinity)
âUncommonâ combinations here refers to qualities, no matter where they are in the gender spectrum, combining and always creating a brand-new outherine quality that is not typically made of its constituent parts. For example: A syncrine quality that results from the combination of feminine and neutral qualities is not itself feminine or neutral in nature, but something new and outherine.
Anderine: Qualities born from the combination of two or more exordinous qualities, or that sit between these qualities in the gender spectrum. Noun: anderinity. This is not to be confused with andergender.
Etymology: From ander, a Dutch word meaning âother.â Coining post here.
Examples of anderine qualities:
PĂŠraverine (pĂŠraine and maverine)
Ouverine (outherine and maverine)
Some solusinities (maverine and other qualities)
Dipherine: Qualities born from uncommon combinations of ordinous gender qualities or that sit between them in the gender spectrum. Noun: dipherinity.
Etymology: A combination of diphy-, a Greek word meaning "two", and the word "different." Coining post here.
Examples of dipherine qualities:
Droxinine (masculine and neutral)
Troinine (feminine and neutral)
Other dipherinities coined on YB3 here
Ectine: Qualities born from the combination of one or more ordinous gender quality with one or more exordinous gender quality, or that sit between ordinous and exordinous gender qualities in the gender spectrum. Noun: ectinity.
Etymology: From the Greek prefix ecto-, meaning âoutside.â Coining post here.
Some solusine qualities can be categorized as ectine.
Where do maverinities and ilyaginities lie?
Maverinity (maverine) is an autonomous, unambiguous quality that shares some aspects with outherinity and may even itself be considered outherine, but this will vary between people who use the label. Someone who is maverine may, by definition of autonomy, not even consider their experience to be an outherine one (as maverinity defies gender categorization.)
Ilyaginity (ilyagine) is similarly outherine when the individual wishes to consider it such and shares a lot of qualities with autonomy. It is not, however, maverine - it is not meant to be tied to a strong inner conviction of genderedness but rather a subtle existence of tangible gender.
Both may be considered outherine due to being outside of ordinous qualities, but the choice to call it outherine will vary from person to person.
