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hirself

Pronoun CEFR C2
hiɹˈsɛlf

Definitions

  1. Hir, themselves; gender-neutral third-person singular object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with gendered himself and herself.
  2. Sie; an intensive repetition of a gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of a predicate.

Examples

“It is here that Scratch⟳ has found hirself, bored out of hir mind⟳ but unable to sleep⟳.”
“Hir nostrils flared, and s/he stopped where s/he was, balancing hirself on hir toes without thought, as if poising hirself to make⟳ some sort⟳ of attack on whoever was there.”
“The working person discovered that hir own⟳ body belonged, not to the state or to the moralist or to the authoritarian doctor, but to hirself.”
“Alas, S/He then remembered S/He had created Hirself to be omnisciently all-knowing and all-seeing, so there were no possibilities S/He didn't already know⟳.”
“Ze changed hir name⟳ to one of those New Testament names, and re-fashioned hirself into a soft, puffy, half-finished hermaphrodite nicknamed, The Pop n' Fresh Doe.”
“A harrowing series of violent and transphobic confrontations (including some with hir parents) drives Ludo to attempt⟳ to kill⟳ hirself by going to sleep⟳ in a freezer.”
“The trouble⟳ starts when gender (identity) ceases to be a reference point⟳ for connecting with a living growing person and is substituted for the person hirself.”
“OOC talk⟳ and actions are taken to represent⟳ the player hirself and help⟳ other players to form⟳ an image, however tentative it may be, of that player.”
“Ash hadn't experienced much of that hirself, but s/he assumed it could happen⟳.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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