Maverique

Maverique is a gender. It is defined as an identity that is not the absence of gender, or an apathy towards gender, but a present feeling of gender. This feeling of gender is neither male, female, neutral, nor related to male, female or neutral. However, maveriques can be multigender with their other genders being related related to maleness, femaleness, or neutrality.

Maverique individuals may also identify under the nonbinary or transgender umbrella terms.

Usage

The word "maverique" can be use used as either a noun or adjective. For example:

• [noun] The maverique is sitting over there.
• [adjective] The maverique person is sitting over there.

In a 2017 survey of 9,932 nonbinary participants, maverique was entered as an identity word by 0.6% of participants.

Pronunciation

Maverique can be pronounced either as "mav-reek" (rhyming with "antique") or "mav-uh-reek".

Identity Overlap

A person can be solely maverique, in the same way a person can be solely a man, or solely a woman. Alternatively, someone can be both maverique and another gender. A genderfluid person may have maverique as one of their genders. A multigender person may have maverique as one of their genders. A person could be a demi-maverique, if they only partially identify with being maverique.