Meaning & use
themself
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A singular reflexive or emphatic pronoun used to refer to a person whose gender is unspecified or who identifies as nonbinary.
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Each participant should introduce themself before the meeting begins.
They finished the project themself, without any help.
A note on using this word
Themself is increasingly accepted alongside 'themselves' when singular 'they' refers to one specific person, though some formal style guides still prefer 'themselves.'
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