non-binaryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• nonbinary

語源

From non- +‎ binary.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /nɔnˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/, /nɔnˈbaɪ.nɚ.i/

形容詞

non-binary (not comparable)

1. Not binary.
   • 1986, James O. Hicks, Information Systems in Business: An Introduction, page 201:

     Thus digital computers operate directly with digits either at the bit level, which is short for binary digit, or at the byte level where a nonbinary digit such as a decimal number or alphabetic character is represented.

   • 2002, Terry L. M. Bartelt, Digital Electronics: An Integrated Laboratory Approach, page 112:

     The most common type of encoder is one that converts a nonbinary number system into an equivalent binary system.

2. Having or pertaining to a gender identity not represented by the gender binary; not exclusively male or female; genderqueer.

   Near-synonym: genderqueer

   Antonyms: binary, gender-binary

   Hyponyms: demiboy, demigirl

   • 2013, Kim Cook, “This thing called gender”, in Up Close and Personal, page 85:

     I'm expected to live in a world where […] forms have no or few options for non-binary people, where finding a GP who understands my non-binary needs and identity is a challenge.

   • 2017, Jo Green, The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your Partner Transitions, →ISBN:

     [T]he most commonly used non-binary pronouns are the singular “they/their/theirs”.

使用する際の注意点

• The solid form is more than twice as common as the hyphenated one in the American corpus while the hyphenated one wins by factor 3 or more in the British corpus.
• The U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual item 6.29 recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.

派生語

参考

名詞

non-binary (plural non-binaries)

1. (computing) Something which is not a binary; a computer file that is not readable text.
   • 1994 June 7, "Zhar", Don't Post Non-Binaries In alt.binaries.doom, alt.games.doom, Usnet:

     Please don't post non-binaries into alt.binaries.doom. Pretty please.

2. (informal) A non-binary (genderqueer) person.

   Synonyms: enby, NB, (sometimes derogatory) they/them

   Hyponyms: demiboy, demigirl

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:non-binary.

使用する際の注意点

• See the usage note at transgender regarding the use of words of this type as nouns.

参照

形容詞

nonbinary (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of non-binary.
   • 1986, James O. Hicks, Information Systems in Business: An Introduction, page 201:

     Thus digital computers operate directly with digits either at the bit level, which is short for binary digit, or at the byte level where a nonbinary digit such as a decimal number or alphabetic character is represented.

   • 2002, Terry L. M. Bartelt, Digital Electronics: An Integrated Laboratory Approach, page 112:

     The most common type of encoder is one that converts a nonbinary number system into an equivalent binary system.

   • 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2019-06-08:

     So last summer, when the Massachusetts State Legislature became one of the first in the nation to consider a bill to add an “X” option for nonbinary genders to the “M” and “F” on the state driver’s license, El, 17, was less surprised than some at the maneuver that effectively killed it.

名詞

nonbinary (plural nonbinaries)

1. Alternative form of non-binary.