Editing Alternative spellings of woman (section)

== Definitions ==
The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] (OED) defines ''womyn'' as "in feminist use: women."<ref>{{Cite web |website=OED Online|title=womyn, n.|url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/womyn_n}}</ref>

The OED added ''womxn'' in 2021, and defines it as "adopted by some as a more inclusive alternative to womyn, which is perceived as marginalizing certain groups, especially ethnic minority and transgender women.".<ref name="oed">{{Cite web|website=OED Online|title=womxn, n.|date=March 2023|url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/90755682|access-date=30 April 2023|language=en}}</ref> [[Dictionary.com]] added ''womxn'' to its dictionary in 2019 with the definition "used, especially in [[Intersectionality|intersectional feminism]], as an alternative spelling to avoid the suggestion of [[sexism]] perceived in the sequences m-a-n and m-e-n, and to be inclusive of [[Transgender|trans]] and [[Non-binary gender|nonbinary]] people."<ref name="spector">{{Cite news|last=Spector|first=Nicole|date=8 April 2019|title='Male gaze', 'imposter syndrome' and 'womxn' among Dictionary.com's new words of 2019|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/male-gaze-imposter-syndrome-womxn-among-dictionary-com-s-new-ncna991421|access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="dictionary">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Definition of womxn|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/womxn|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=3 May 2024|website=Dictionary.com|language=en}}</ref>

See also:
* {{Wiktionary inline|womyn}}
* {{Wiktionary inline|womxn}}