Endgender, also known as endenic, is a minecraftgender that is related to, or experienced as feeling like The End dimension in Minecraft. Some coinings define it as a simple relation to the dimension, while others ascribe more specific experiences of gender to the term. It can also be used as an umbrella term, or sub-category of minecraftgender, to refer to any minecraftgender related to The End dimension.
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Alternate Names
- Endenic
- Endergender (This may cause confusion with endergender)
Etymology
"End" in endgender and and endenic comes from "The End", the name of the dimension in Minecraft this gender is based on.[1][2]
The "-enic" in Endenic may come from the suffix "-genic", a medical suffix meaning producing or forming, and being produced or formed by.[3] Alternatively, it may come from a combination of the suffixes "-en", which is added to nouns to create adjectives of source[4]; and the suffix "ic", meaning having the character of, relating to, derived from, or containing[5].
Pronunciation
Endgender: End-jEn-durh
Endenic: End-En-Ik
Definitions
- Endenic: A gamegender related to the end from minecraft, or anything in the end. - hawaiiaine (Mason), 2019[6]
- Endgender/Endergender: Its when your gender is related to the end from minecraft - rabiddisciple, 2020[7]
- Endgender: A xenogender that in some way feels similar to the End biome in Minecraft. Endgender people may feel that their gender is cold and empty, almost void-like similarly to gendervoid, but still filled with some kind of otherworldly beings. One may also feel that their gender is at the end of everything; a final destination. Endgender was created with neurodivergent people in mind, but it can be used by anybody. - Insecurealgorythm, 2021[8]
Endgender was also mentioned as a possible subcategory for minecraftgender in 2020, though no specific definition was given.[9]
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Coining
Sources
- ↑ The Ender Update is finally here, post on Minecraft.net about the update to The End dimension in 2016
- ↑ Minecraft's official FANDOM Wiki page on The End dimension, as of January 9, 2022.
- ↑ The Free Dictionary.com's Medical Dictionary entry on -genic, via Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary
- ↑ Dictionary.com's page on -en, 6th definition
- ↑ Merriam-Webster's Dictionary entry for -ic, entry 3, definitions 1 & 2
- ↑ hawaiiaine's multi-term coining post, endenic definition highlighted
- ↑ rabiddisciple's endgender coining tweet
- ↑ Edit history for the LGBTA Wiki's page on endgender, focused on page creation, definition highlighted
- ↑ cooIguyted's minecraftgender coining tweet, mentioning endgender