gender identity

Coined by American professor of psychiatry and researcher Robert J. Stoller in 1964.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛɾ̃.ə.ɾi/, /-ɪ.ɾi/, [ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ aɪˈdɛn.ə.ɾi], [-ɪ.ɾi]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.də aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.ti/

gender identity (countable and uncountable, plural gender identities)

1. (psychology) An individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.
   • 2020 May 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 4, 2020:

     "Um... is there a better way to put it than 'female forms'? I mean, Justin's gender identity isn't getting morphed, is it?"

• gender identity disorder

• gender identity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia