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ze

or zie

[ zee ]

pronoun

  1. the person being discussed or last mentioned (used as a neopronoun in place of the gendered pronouns he and she ):

    My friend didn't want to go to the party, but ze got up and danced when hir favorite song came on!

  2. Rare. a generic or unspecified person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context (used as a neopronoun):

    If any employee has questions, ze should contact HR.



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Gender Note

Gender-neutral pronouns were proposed as far back as the mid-1800s, especially in connection with progressive ideas about women’s rights. More recently, the coinage and use of ze and other gender-neutral pronouns has been motivated by discussions about gender identity. Some individuals, such as nonbinary, genderqueer, and gender-nonconforming people, feel uncomfortable being referred to as he or she. Even so, use of ze as a gender-neutral singular third-person pronoun is quite limited, partly because of a general resistance to replacing English pronouns. Pronouns belong to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed. they.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ze1

First recorded in 1970–75; based on the German pronoun sie
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Example Sentences

Ze’Ni Petterson finished with 17 points for Mitty.

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"There was a lot of hype around when Vinicius made his debut, so it took him a bit of time to adapt to this new challenge and show what we all expected - but he did it," Ze Ricardo, his first Flamengo coach in senior football, remembered.

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The indigenous chief, Ze Bajaga, says that the majority of these fires are arson, set by people who “no longer want the wellbeing of humanity, or nature”.

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Though their plan goes sideways, Lao She and Judge Dee form a bond that carries them into the murder investigation of Ma Ze Ren, a Chinese national and shop owner who served with the Chinese Labour Corps in France during WWI.

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My criticism of the left is not meant to excuse the Zionist movement and Israel's degrading treatment of Palestinians since at least the 1930s, when leaders such as Ze’ev Jabotinsky were unapologetically racist, or since 1967, when Israel conquered and occupied Gaza and the West Bank.

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