Kin

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kin ( n., adj.)
A seven pointed star
The elfin 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 often involuntary.[1][2][3]

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

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

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 fictive/extranth, but that does not mean having a kintype is inherently same as being an introject.

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