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[[File:Pleonotic male.png|thumb|The pleonotic male flag.]]

[[File:Pleonotic female.png|thumb|The pleonotic female flag.]]

[[File:Pleo gal.png|thumb|The pleonotic gal/pleogal flag.]]

'''Pleonotic''' describes a person or the gender experience of a person who identifies with a certain gender term but does not use/does not identify with other synonymous terms for that identity.

Examples include: someone who identifies as a boy but not as a man, or someone who identifies as a gal but not as a girl. One may use terms such as: nonboy man, nonmale guy, nongirl gal; nonbinary, not enby (nonenby). Pleonotic may, but does not necessarily, refer to a gendernot, genderique or [[nongender]] identity.

==Pleonotic Genders==

Examples of pleonotic genders include (but are not limited to):

'''Pleonotic male''': One who identifies as male but not does not use other synonymous terms to describe one's identity, e.g., one who identifies as male but not as a man/boy; a nonboy male, male non-man, nonguy male, nondude male and/or antiboy male.

'''Pleonotic female''': One who identifies as female but not does not use other synonymous terms to describe one's identity, e.g., one who identifies as female but not as a woman/girl; a female nongirl, antigirl female, female non-woman and/or nongal female.

'''Pleonotic gal/pleogal''': One who identifies as a gal but not does not use other synonymous terms to describe one's identity, e.g., one who identifies as a gal but not as female and/or a woman/girl; a non-female gal, nongirl gal, antigirl gal and/or non-woman gal.

==History==

Pleonotic was coined by Tumblr user imoga-pride, 16th March 2019.<ref>https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/183500879261/pleonotic</ref>

==Flag==

The pleonotic flag was created by Tumblr user Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags, 22nd September 2020.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/629971083368546304/pleonotic-pride-flag</ref>

The pleonotic male and pleonotic female flags were created by Tumblr user Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags, 21st September 2020.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/629907413825454080/pleonotic-male-flag</ref><ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/629907122110545920/pleonotic-female-pride-flag</ref>

The pleogal/pleonotic gal flag was created by Tumblr user Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags, 7th October 2020.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/631351203208495105/pleonotic-gal-pride-flag</ref>

==Etymology==

The term is derived from the word "pleonasm" (meaning: "the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning") and "not".

==Resources==

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