I would like to coin a term that encompasses genders that feel like they exist within a "liminal space" or on the edge of other genders. It won't be an exclusively kenoine term, but that might be included. I had originally referred to this as "gender liminality", but I'm not sure if that should be the phrase used here because it already exists as a concept in anthropology. I suppose "liminal genders" will suffice.
Concepts I want to include under this term:
Genders that are hard to name or describe (uingenders.)
Genders that exist between genders but might be unnamed (centrigenders.)
Genders “on the cusp” of other genders or that are close to a given gender but exist on their own plane (proximal genders, evenic genders, etc.)
“Gray areas” of gender, either neutral, ambiguous, or unknown (neutrois, epicene, uingender.)
Genders that are outside of gender as a concept or that transcend existing genders, but without a specific word for them (almost like xenity but others as well, like yonderinity.)
Genders that reject categorization or can't be categorized (ineffaline and maybe some uingenders.)
The “void” part of gendervoid; an empty space where a gender should be.
Gender nullity, maybe.
Some kenochoric genders, which are related to liminal spaces.
Vague or barely felt genders (demigender, nanogender, mistgender; maybe even quoigender.)
Gender alignment, where there is a connection to aspects of a gender without being that gender.
I propose limenine, coming from "limen", the Latin word for threshold. It's truly just based on how the individual views their own gender, so it doesn't need to be strict nor do people with the above types of genders need to consider their genders limenine.
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