selfdefined/11ty/definitions/neopronouns.md
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---
title: neopronouns
slug: neopronouns
defined: true
speech: noun
reading:
- text: "LGBTA Wiki: Neopronouns"
link: https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Neopronouns
---
a set of words that go alongside traditional third-person pronouns (he/she/they) such as ze/zir, ze/hir, xe/xem.
## Note
Some people find using neopronouns helpful to disrupting the gender binary, as traditional pronouns he and she usually carry connotations of male/masculine and female/feminine and they can carry connotations of being non-binary. Neopronouns are not recognised "officially" in the English language and tend to be less known as a result of their newness and lack of institutional support.