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| alt = A seven pointed star
| alt = A seven pointed star. It's made up of thin green lines that cross over each other in the center.
| image caption = The elfin or seven pointed star, a common symbol for otherkin.
| image caption = The elven or seven pointed star, a common symbol for otherkin.
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| forms = otherkin (n., adj.), fictionkin (n., adj.), otherkind (n., adj.)
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'''Kin,''' short for [[otherkin]] and [[fictionkin]], also called "'kin" are people who identify as partially or entirely [[nonhuman]] or an entity from fiction. This identity is often involuntary.<ref>https://www.kinmunity.com/articles/otherkin-definition.2/</ref><ref>https://fromfiction.net/index.php/what-is-fictionkin-an-exploratory-definition/</ref><ref>https://anotherwiki.org/wiki/Otherkin</ref>  
'''Kin,''' short for [[otherkin]] and [[fictionkin]], also called "''<nowiki/>'kin''" (with an apostrophe replacing the other or fiction part of the words) are people who identify as partially or entirely [[nonhuman]] or an entity from fiction. This identity is most frequently involuntary.<ref>https://www.kinmunity.com/articles/otherkin-definition.2/</ref><ref>https://fromfiction.net/index.php/what-is-fictionkin-an-exploratory-definition/</ref><ref>https://anotherwiki.org/wiki/Otherkin</ref>


Kintypes are not specific to [[plurality]], as [[Singlet|singlets]] can also be kin. However, there are some similarities between being kin and plurality, and [[system]] members can identify as both.
The specific identity of someone who's otherkin or fictionkin is often called a kintype (or fictotype if it's specifically fictionkin). Ex: One may have a Sans Undertale Kintype.  


There are also similar related groups, such as therians or otherhearted.
Kintypes are not specific to [[plurality]], as [[Singlet|singlets]] can also have kintypes. However, there are some similarities between having kintypes and experiencing plurality, and [[Headmate|system members]] can identify as both plural and 'kin. Some individual [[system]] members may have multiple kintypes.


== History  ==
There are also similar related groups, such as [[Therianthropy|therians]], [[otherhearted]], or [[Synpath|synpaths]].  
Modern otherkin grew out of the 70s with The Elf Queen's Daughters, which are a group of people who identified as elves, then called elfinkind. The community picked up in the 90s with mailing lists and eventually the term "otherkind" was coined to refer to people who identified as species other than elves or dragons. It is unknown when it was shortened to "otherkin" <ref>https://frameacloud.com/nonfiction/otherkin-timeline-abridged/</ref>.
 
Ficionkin came from a subgroup of otherkin known as "otakukin" in the early 2000s. The term was changed to "mediakin" and later to "fictionkin". <ref name=":0">https://houseofchimeras.weebly.com/a-history-of-the-fictionkin-community.html</ref>
 
Much of otherkin culture also has overlap with the therian community, who identify as animals and share similar nonhuman identities, though are independent groups. The use of kintype and shifting terminology came from the therian community. <ref>http://theriantimeline.com/therianthropy/history_of_therianthropy_and_the_therian_community</ref>
 
Otherkin has had a lot of overlap with plural communities. Early fictive and fictionkin groups often involved the two together <ref name=":0" /><ref>https://the-truth-is-outthere.tumblr.com/post/166009638666/the-history-of-the-term-fictive</ref>, and some early plural terminology lists used otherkin to refer to nonhuman system members <ref>https://emilyandothers.wordpress.com/glossary-of-did-terminology/</ref>. Many 'kin groups are still accepting of plurals.  


== Related Terms ==
== Related Terms ==
A [[system]] that is composed primarily of kintypes can be described as a [[Kin System|kin system]].
A system that is composed primarily of kintypes can be described as a [[kin system]].


A [[kinform]] is a kin that became a headmate.
A [[kinform]] is a kintype that became a headmate.


Kins are not the same as [[Fictive|fictives]] or [[Extranthrope|extranths]], but both do consider themselves to be nonhuman or fictional to some extent People in a system can be kin and identify as kin for being fictive/extranth, but that does not mean being kin is inherently same as being an introject.
'Kins are not the same as [[fictive|fictives]] or [[extranthrope|extranths]], but both do consider themselves to be [[nonhuman]] or fictional to some extent. People in a system can have kintypes and identify as 'kin for being fictive/extranth, but that does not mean having a kintype is inherently same as being an [[introject]].
 
== External Links ==


== See Also ==
* [[Therianthropy]]
* [https://anotherwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page OtherWiki]
* [https://anotherwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page OtherWiki]
* [https://www.otherkin.net/ Otherkin.net]
* [https://www.otherkin.net/ Otherkin.net]
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== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Not Plural Exclusive]]

Revision as of 19:44, 18 May 2023

kin ( n., adj.)
A seven pointed star. It's made up of thin green lines that cross over each other in the center.
The elven or seven pointed star, a common symbol for otherkin.
Other formsotherkin (n., adj.), fictionkin (n., adj.), otherkind (n., adj.)
Applies tosystems, headmates

Kin, short for otherkin and fictionkin, also called "'kin" (with an apostrophe replacing the other or fiction part of the words) are people who identify as partially or entirely nonhuman or an entity from fiction. This identity is most frequently involuntary.[1][2][3]

The specific identity of someone who's otherkin or fictionkin is often called a kintype (or fictotype if it's specifically fictionkin). Ex: One may have a Sans Undertale Kintype.

Kintypes are not specific to plurality, as singlets can also have kintypes. However, there are some similarities between having kintypes and experiencing plurality, and system members can identify as both plural and 'kin. Some individual system members may have multiple kintypes.

There are also similar related groups, such as therians, otherhearted, or synpaths.

Related Terms

A system that is composed primarily of kintypes can be described as a kin system.

A kinform is a kintype that became a headmate.

'Kins are not the same as fictives or extranths, but both do consider themselves to be nonhuman or fictional to some extent. People in a system can have kintypes and identify as 'kin for being a fictive/extranth, but that does not mean having a kintype is inherently same as being an introject.

See Also

References