demigirlとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɛ.miˌɡɜːl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɛ.miˌɡɜɹl/
• 韻: -ɛmiɜː(ɹ)l
• ハイフネーション: de‧mi‧girl

名詞

demigirl (plural demigirls)

1. (neologism) One who identifies as partially, but not completely, female.

   Near-synonym: demiwoman

   Coordinate terms: demiboy; demiman

   • 2015, anonymous, "I Saw U", The Stranger, Volume 24, Number 25, 18 February 2015 - 24 February 2015, page 51:

     Me: male-bodied demigirl with big black headphones and pink bow-headband in front of you on the bus to Ballard.

   • 2018 April 26, Rachel Fechter, “Lavender Graduation Ceremony to offer inclusive space for LGBTQ students”, in The Index, Truman State University, page 7:

     Among the students planning to attend Lavender Graduation is senior Julia Heath, who identifies as an asexual non-binary demigirl.

   • 2019, Ariane M. Balizet, Shakespeare and Girls’ Studies, unnumbered page:

     Hamlet identifies as a demigirl, although the term is used here by her best friend, Rachel Yorick, […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:demigirl.

形容詞

demigirl (comparative more demigirl, superlative most demigirl)

1. (neologism) Identifying as partially, but not completely, female.
   • 2015 September, anonymous author, “Breaking the Binary”, in Counterpoint College, Wellesley College, page 10:

     I've settled upon demigirl to describe my gender, a nonbinary identity meaning partially girl, partially something else.

   • 2019, Eva A. Mendes, Brian T. T. Harris, Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum, page 30:

     People who identify as demigirl may or may not have other gender identities too.

   • 2019, Darcey Steinke, Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life, unnumbered page:

     I identify as demigirl but there are times when I fluctuate from agender to demigirl to female.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:demigirl.

Further reading

• demigirl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia