Aetherine Dictionary

Aetherine is an umbrella term for identities that center around otherworldliness/unearthliness and ethereality, and all things related to these concepts.While aetherine is primarily made for genders, it can be used in a non-gendered context as well, such as attraction, orientation, menres, alderns, chronos, ect.There is no "right" or "wrong" way to identify as aetherine, as it can encompass a very wide range of experiences, and is intended to be personal to each individual, and should not be confined to a strict box.Aetherine is not a xenogender, nor under any other umbrellas. It's a term of its own, and should be treated as such. Although, overlap with other labels are definitely of possibility.Themes that fall under aetherine, but aren't limited to:

– Having a connection to, or simply being, ethereality, otherworldliness, or unearthliness.– One's identity not being able to be understood by earthly ideas or concepts.– One's identity being unable to be contained by the bounds of earth, and/or is too large or too confusing by earth standards to be understood.– One's identity having a connection to space in some way, and/or the objects and concepts that surround it.– Having some disconnect with earthly things and concepts, and/or having a connection to unearthly things.– One's identity being above earth in some fashion.– One's identity being incomprehensible or unknowable to earth beings.– One's nonhumanity being related to, or connected to, unearthly/ethereal things.– An identity that does not originate from earth.– An identity that is too far away to be seen from, or by earth.

Glossary

The aster flower: The aster flower, in the context of aethinity, may be used to describe one's aetherine identity.Aethan (pl. Aethen): An aetherine being. In the same vein as 'man' and 'woman'.Aether (pl. Aethers): An aetherine being. In the same vein as 'boy' and 'girl'.Aethanhood and Aetherhood: The aetherine equivalent to 'man/womanhood' and 'boy/girlhood' respectively.Eris (pl. Eri): An aetherine being.Erishood: Equivalent to 'personhood'.AETHIN: The in-nature term for aetherine. Means 'aetherine-in-nature.'Aetheresque: A term under aetherine. Can be used for any identity under aetherine, such as gender, orientation, attraction, ect.Aethic: Aetherine-aligned. In the same vein as 'kenic' and 'xenic'.Aethous/aethine: The adjective forms of aetherine. In the same vein as 'feminine', 'masculine', 'kenous', 'xenine'.Aethinity: Equivalent to aethous/aethine. A term in the same vein as 'femininity' and 'masculinity'.Transaethous/aethine: Being both trans and partially or fully aetherine. Also a term for those who wish to transition towards aethinity, or a aethous/aethine identity. May refer to someone's presentation or gender, or both.Demiaetherine: A term for someone whose identity is partially, but not fully, aetherine.Aetherine alignments: A list of aetherine alignments.

Terms & Flags

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