Meaning & use

demigirl

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A person who partially, but not wholly, identifies as a girl or woman, regardless of the sex they were assigned at birth.

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She came out as a demigirl to her close friends last year.

Demigirl is one of several nonbinary identities within the broader transgender umbrella.

A note on using this word

Demigirl is a relatively recent term within gender-identity vocabulary, describing a partial connection to femininity rather than a full identification with it.

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