Kenochoric

The kenochoric flag.

Kenochoric refers to an umbrella term that is centered around the idea of kenopsia: the eerie atmosphere of a place that's has been abandoned. It can also be used as a gender of it's own. It is usually, but not always, a xenogender and an aesthetigender. Depending on the person, it may also be a neurogender. Kenochoric may be used alongside other terms, such as kenomasc, kenofem, kenofluid, and so on.

It can generally be classified with the following:

• A gender with a connection to one, some, or all of the following: liminal spaces, the void, darkness, vast concepts (deep space, deep ocean, etc.), distortion, emptiness, and/or similar.
• A feeling of kenopsia, loneliness, or autophobia.
• A disconnect from gender in some way, or a distinct "empty" or "absent" feeling. This does not have to mean genderlessness, but might mean a distortion of, or just general disconnect with, gender identity.
• One's relationship with gender may be hard to define, fades in and out, or is otherwise "unstable."
• One's relationship with gender may feel eerie, strange, nostalgic, and/or foggy.

Kenochoric Genders

• Neagender
• Nihilgender
• Oddcoric
• Dreamcoric
• Backroomic
• Astronomique
• Liminalgender
• Liminalcoric
• Navicoric
• Gendervoid
• Gendernull
• Errorgender
• Nullflux

Flag

The kenochoric flag was made by Tumblr user pridewiki on November 18, 2020. The kenochoric umbrella diagram was made on the same day, by the same author.

The stripes have the following meanings:

• Black: Void, absence, emptiness, and darkness
• Dark purple: Disconnect with gender, obscurity and a difficulty to properly define itself
• Purple: Vast concepts and places, such as oceans and deep space.
• Light purple: Liminal spaces, transitional spaces, the "boundary" between what was and what is.

Kenochoric also has a Carrd made by the creator, with flags for each identity under it.

Etymology

The term kenochoric stems from the word kenopsia. Kenopsia is an eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people, but is now abandoned. It can also be loosely tied back to the word choric, which refers to a chorus, something that may be a part of a kenochoric persons' aesthetics. It was originally called kenocoric, but was changed because kenopsiacore does not currently exist.