otherkin

• Otherkin

other +‎ -kin.

otherkin (plural otherkin)

1. A person who claims or believes that their soul, essence, or identity is non-human.
   • 2000, Cara Des'tai, “The Internet goes mythic”, in Fate:

     It appears that many otherkin are unaware of what makes them different. They just know they are not normal humans.

   • 2014, James Vaughan, When Death Calls, →ISBN:

     A close friend of mine turned out to be otherkin as well, and I added her to the group so she could discover who she is.

   • 2015 January 12, Jess Zimmerman, “The internet is fertile ground for the mosaic of allegiances out of which teens build identity”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     You’ve already told Tumblr that you are definitely, really a wolf with wings; you’ve argued in favor of Otherkin rights and awareness; you’ve become a leader of the Otherkin community.

   • 2016 August 4, Callie Beusman, “'I Look at a Cloud and I See It as Me': The People Who Identify As Objects”, in Broadly:

     In addition to the otherkin identify as animals, there are some who identify as mythical creatures, like dragons, fairies, or vampires; fictionkin, who identify as fictional characters, frequently from anime series or videogames; weatherkin, like Marco, who identify as weather systems; conceptkin, who identify as abstract concepts; spacekin, who identify as celestial bodies; and several other even more obscure categories (musickin, timeperiodkin—the list goes on).

• otherkind

• rhotekin

Borrowed from English otherkin.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.tɛʁ.kɛ̃/

otherkin m (plural otherkins)

1. otherkin

Borrowed from English otherkin.

• IPA^(key): /oˈdeɾkin/ [oˈð̞eɾ.kĩn]

otherkin m (plural otherkin)

1. otherkin