r/agender • u/Glitch_1205 • 8d ago

QUESTION

if agender is no gender then why is it pronounced a gender

ps this is a joke

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u/Omega_7_64 8d ago

The 'a' is used to mean against i think

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u/Key_Computer_5607 7d ago

It's a Greek prefix that means "not" or "without", as in "amoral", "atonal", "agnostic", "asocial", or "asexual".

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u/Omega_7_64 7d ago

Ah thanks, i always thought it as just short for against meaning "not this, think opposite"

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u/Key_Computer_5607 7d ago

If that helps you remember the meaning, that's great!

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u/Jay_Arashi 7d ago

that's literally why atoms are named.. well "atoms" a -> "not" and temnein "to cut" Because since atoms are the smallest things possible, we can't cut them so that's why it's called atoms or "not able/impossible to cut"