The adjective associated with "pronoun" is "'''pronominal'''". A pronominal is also a word or phrase that acts as a pronoun. For example, in ''That's not the one I need'', the phrase ''the one'' is a pronominal.
Personal gender pronouns may be called "preferred" pronouns, but this phrasing can imply that using someone's pronouns is optional<ref>https://medium.com/genderchic/pronouns-are-not-preferred-aa0d9383b7d1</ref>, and has fallen out of use.
== Grammar ==
Pronouns ''(antōnymía)'' are listed as one of eight parts of speech in ''The Art of Grammar'',<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun#Grammar</ref> a treatise on Greek grammar attributed to Dionysius Thrax and dating from the 2nd century BC. The pronoun is described there as "a part of speech substitutable for a noun and marked for a person." Pronouns continued to be regarded as a part of speech in Latin grammar (the Latin term being ''pronomen'', from which the English name – through Middle French – ultimately derives), and thus in the European tradition generally.
In more modern approaches, pronouns are less likely to be considered to be a single word class, because of the many different syntactic roles that they play, as represented by the various different types of pronouns listed in the previous sections.
''Main article: [[Exipronoun]]''
'''Exipronoun''' was coined to compliment the word neopronouns and refers to he/she/they/it; "Traditional" pronouns that are more commonly used.
=== Neopronouns ===
''See main article: [[Misgendering]]''
Using the incorrect pronouns for someone when you are aware of their pronouns is misgendering<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/lets-get-it-right-using-correct-pronouns-and-names</ref>. Misgendering is an act of erasure and transphobia, which has been linked to mental health struggles and suicide<ref>https://www.childtrends.org/blog/research-shows-the-risk-of-misgendering-transgender-youth</ref>. The U.S. Transgender Survey states that 54% of those living with unsupportive families, where their family members may misgender them, had attempted suicide within their lifetime. 37% of those with supportive families had attempted suicide at some point of their lives.<ref>http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/04/17/intentionally-misgendering-transgender-people-is-considered-violence/</ref>
{{Quote|Because names and pronouns are the two ways people call and refer to others, they are personal and important. They are also key facets of our identity. Therefore, calling someone by the wrong name or “misgendering” them by using incorrect pronouns can feel disrespectful, harmful and even unsafe.|Let’s Get It Right: Using Correct Pronouns and Names|ADL.org}}{{Quote|According to the World Health Organization, violence is referred to as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.”
When someone intentionally misgenders a transgender person, it can be noted as psychological abuse. Misgendering is dehumanizing; when you purposefully disregard someone’s gender, simply because they are not like you, it can lead to mental and physical harm.|Intentionally Misgendering Transgender People is Considered Violence|http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/04/17/intentionally-misgendering-transgender-people-is-considered-violence/}}
== Gallery ==
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File:Exipronoun.png|The meanings of the exipronoun pride flag, by anicrossing.
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File:Neopronouns (1).png|Neopronouns flag by Geekycorn.
File:Neopronouns (2).png|Neopronouns flag by uncommongenders.
File:Neopronouns (3).png|Neopronouns flag by ferns-garden.
File:Pronounhoarder.png|Pronoun hoarder pride flag by unknown.
File:Pronoun Hoarder (1).png|Pronoun hoarder pride flag by nebulraromantic.
File:Pronoun Hoarder(2).png
File:Pronoun Hoarder (2).png
File:Pronounfluid.png|Pronounfluid pride flag by FANDOM user We.Kill.The.Earth.And.Do.Nothing.To.Save.It, September 2020
File:Pronounfluid - @mogai-zone.png|Pronounfluid pride flag by unknown.
File:Pronounflux 2.png|[[Pronounflux]] pride flag.
File:Pronoun Indifference.png|Pronoun indifference pride flag.
File:Pnq Pronoun Questioning - @imoga-pride.png|Pronoun questioning flag.
</gallery>
== Sources ==