gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Facebook provides more than 50 options beyond "male" and "female" for users to describe their gender identity, from "gender questioning" and "neither" to "androgynous."

—The Chicago Tribune

Examples of gender identity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wake Up, which covered topics like her unique upbringing as part of a large, ex-Hasidic Jewish family, political correctness, gender identity and pronouns, wealth, Hollywood success and more. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

The contract also allows the district to hide students’ preferred gender identity from parents. — Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Most of these books—like Jessica Love’s Julián Is a Mermaid—concern gender identity and exploration. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

An elderly couple charged with murdering their son-in-law, New York Times games engineer Jonathan McKinsey, battled with him over gender identity, according to court records. — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gender identity

• entity
• nonentity

Kids Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Medical Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male or female