ze
ze Lexical Profile
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Used as a gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun (equivalent to "he" or "she") to refer to a person of unspecified gender or a person whose gender identity is non-binary.
"Alex explained that ze would present the research findings at the conference tomorrow."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Ze" is a gender-neutral neopronoun used in the nominative case, typically paired with the objective/possessive form "hir" or "zir" (analogous to "she/her" or "he/him"), and takes singular verb agreement (e.g., "ze runs").
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-19th century (first attested in 1864 by an American writer under the initials J. W. L.) as a consciously constructed gender-neutral alternative blending the forms of "he" and "she", and revived in late 20th-century LGBTQ+ and feminist discourse.