Glossary

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• Ahuman : An absolute abolitionist refusal of the human.¹
• Aldernic : An umbrella term for beings who have, or wish to have, a body that deviates from what is expected in society, or typical notions in general. This ranges from your whole body, to parts of your body.
• Aliumkind : Alternatively called 'aliumthrope'. An identity describing a disconnect/detachment from humanity, regardless of why or if they’re human/alterhuman/nonhuman. Alternatively, having a connection/attachment to nonhumanity.
• Alter : A medical term for a singular person, being or entity in a system or collective.
• Alterbeing : A less human-centric version of the term "alterhuman", focusing on identities that fall outside what is traditionally considered "being". This term includes otherkin, fictionkin, therianthropes, copinglinks, otherlinks, systems, starseeds, other/fiction/animal-hearted, and soulbonders.
• Alterhuman : A category of personal identity which encompasses identification that is alternative to the common societal idea of humanity. This term includes otherkin, fictionkin, therianthropes, copinglinks, otherlinks, systems, starseeds, other/fiction/animal-hearted, and soulbonders.
• Alternormal : Denoting events, experiences or phenomena (such as shifts, anomalous memories, phantom/astral limbs, headmates, soulbonding, unexplained urges and feelings, etc) that are considered typical in the alterhuman experience, as well as other phenomena related to non-human connections and fictional worlds.
• Altersex : A catch-all term to describe a state of having sex characteristics or a combination of sex characteristics that deviate from what would be considered perisex, while not being intersex. It is used to describe fictional characters who have bodies not found naturally in humans, but are not considered intersex within the fiction. Real beings may also self-identify with it when their plan and/or view of their true or ideal body does not fit traditional human sexes, as well as when they have undergone HRT and/or surgery.
• Archetrope : An identity under the alterhuman umbrella in which one heavily identifies with or otherwise experiences an archetype, trope, or otherwise preestablished character model in a way that is central to their identity. It may not necessarily be inherently nonhuman, but has enough of an impact on one's identity to be experienced in similar ways to other alterhuman labels.
• Aspecies : To not be any particular species. Can also be used in a similar way to ahuman (ie, a full abolitionist rejection of species).

References

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