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Otherkin are individuals who identify integrally as something other than human. Plurals and singlets alike may be otherkin. Some systems or system members may identify as otherkin on the basis of extranthropy or use the word otherkin to describe being nonhuman in the context of their inner body. A system who has at least one nonhuman member may be called an otherkin host.
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Alterhuman is an umbrella term for anyone who identifies as non-human or as experiencing an alternative form of humanity. Otherkin falls under this category.
Therianthropy is the integral identification as a nonhuman animal or an animalistic being.
Fictionkin is a subtype of kin, characterized by either identifying as a species from a fictional work or identifying as a certain character from a fictional work, sometimes in a previous life.
Factkin is a subtype of kin, characterized by identifying as a person who has existed or will exist in the shared reality at some point, either living or dead, and sometimes in a previous life.
