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From Philosophical Research
  1. pronounced [L]them 1-1-1

Definitions[edit]

  1. A group of people which is probably not the same as the speaker of the sentence.
    represented by form [Form]
    they
    themselves
    language proficiency level or register
    common
    signifier refers to model
    group of people
    synonym
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    usage example
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  2. An individual who has not been identified as male or female; an unknown individual the speaker does not have information about.
    represented by form [Form]
    they
    themself
    language proficiency level or register
    common
    signifier refers to model
    individual
    synonym
    --
    usage example
    --
  3. An individual who has already provided an introduction as being neither male nor female.
    represented by form [Form]
    they
    themself
    language proficiency level or register
    common
    field, scope, or group [Item]
    arts, humanities, and social sciences (proposed; HAS) 1-1-1
    queer theory (proposed; ES) 1-1-1
    signifier refers to model
    individual
    non-binary gender
    synonym
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    usage example
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Forms[edit]

represented by form [Form]
they
grammatical category
pronoun
represented by form [Form]
them
grammatical category
pronoun
represented by form [Form]
their
grammatical category
pronoun
represented by form [Form]
theirs
grammatical category
pronoun
represented by form [Form]
themself
grammatical category
singular pronoun
represented by form [Form]
themselves
grammatical category
plural pronoun
represented by form [Form]
they/them
grammatical category
pronoun set / declined pronoun (proposed; HAS) 1-1-1
represented by form [Form]
they are
grammatical category
pronoun phrase
represented by form [Form]
they're
grammatical category
pronoun phrase

Usage notes[edit]