Crossethnic

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Crossethnic is a term for when an introject is a different race or ethnicity than their source. This applies both to when an introject is darker and when they are lighter than their source. This term is not to be applied to shapeshifters or other such headmates who can change their appearance unless their base, unshifted, original form is different from that of their source.

This term can be applied to any headmate with a human source. This source may be factual, fictional, spiritual, an OC, etc., as long as said source is human. If a headmate has a non-human source - as in the case of animal introjects or conceptives, for example - then this term is unable to apply.

By the same token, this term is only able to apply to headmates who are either fully human, or who are humanoid and possess the human traits of race and/or ethnicity.

Related Terms
Exoethnic -- a headmate who is parethnic due to exomemories

Parethnic -- a headmate who is a different ethnicity than the body

Heravic -- darker-skined headmates in a SOC

Whivic -- lighter-skined headmates in a SOC

History
This term was created by the Werewolf Pack to describe one of their own headmates. It was added on December 26, 2023.