two-spirit
Involving two spiritsInvolving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
с двумя́ ду́шамиs dvumjá dúšami
(Canada, US, not comparable)Of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit (noun sense).
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from two + spirit, coined in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal NThe noun is derived from two + spirit, coined in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal Native American, First Nations, Gay and Lesbian American Conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based on Ojibwe niizh manidoowag (“two spirits”) (coined at the same conference), from niizh (“two”) + manidoo (“spirit”) + -wag (suffix denoting the third-person plural of an animate noun); the term was created to replace berdache in anthropological literature which was considered offensive.
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