Fromneo- +pronoun.
- enPR:nē′ō-prō′noun′
- Rhymes:-əʊnaʊn
- Hyphenation:ne‧o‧pro‧noun
neopronoun (pluralneopronouns)
- (grammar) A pronoun used in place ofhe,she,one,it, orsingularthey, especially one of themoderncoinages used by somenon-binary people.
- Synonym:xenopronoun
- Hyponym:nounself pronoun
2018, Matthew J. Metzger,Life Underwater, NineStar Press, LLC,→ISBN:Only—Ashraf didn't know any Italianneopronouns. He'd left Italy when he was barely out himself, and far too upset and raw to mix with other trans people. He'd never met an Italian speaker who used neutral orneopronouns,[…]
2018, Lee Airton,Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture, Adams Media,→ISBN, page103:However,neopronouns also come with a disadvantage: they unavoidably stand out whenever they're used because relatively few people have ever heard these words before.
2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb,The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, Jessica Kingsley Publishers,→ISBN, page184:NEOPRONOUNS — “New” pronouns, as opposed to the more traditional he/him, she/her, and they/them. In this book I've included severalneopronouns in the entry on PRONOUNS, but that list is not exhaustive.[…]
pronoun used in place of he, she, one, it, or singular they
