Latinx

== English == === Etymology === The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o. Reinforced by United States Spanish latinx. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈtiːn.ɛks/ (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈtin.ɛks/, /læ-/, /lɑː-/ Rhymes: -ɪnɛks, -ɪŋks Hyphenation: La‧ti‧nx === Adjective === Latinx (not comparable) (chiefly US, see usage notes) Of Latin American descent or origin. [from 21st c.] Synonyms: Latine, Latin@ (which see for more) === Noun === Latinx (plural Latinxs or Latinx or Latinxes) (chiefly US, see usage notes) A Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina. Synonyms: Latine, Latin@ (which see for more) 2015 Fall, City on a Hill Press-Primer, page 30: Asian Latinxs [...] Chicanxs/Latinxs [...] 2016 Spring, La Vida Nueva, page 48: [And] there is no reason Latinxs shouldn't be the ones to fill them. ==== Usage notes ==== Latinx is used as a gender-neutral alternative to Latino and Latina, including in the plural (where Latinxs can replace long phrases like Latinos and Latinas, or the use of Latinos alone to refer to a mixed-gender group, which some feminists object to), by a small number of Hispanic people and others, mostly younger people, women, and non-binary people. Some Hispanic people object to Latinx, considering it nontraditional or "politically correct". A 2019 poll of 508 Hispanic people found that only 2% chose the term as the one term that best described them; a 2020 poll found that only 3% of US adults who identified as Hispanic or Latino also described themselves as Latinx, and only 23% had heard of Latinx (of whom 10% – a total of 2.3% of those polled – preferred using it). A 2021 poll asked Hispanic Americans about their preference among the terms Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx; 57% said it did not matter, and 4% chose Latinx; in a follow-up question about which term they lean toward, 5% chose Latinx. As of 2023, the use of Latinx is illegal in government communications of the state of Arkansas, and gender-neutral forms including this one have been banned in education spaces in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and criticized by the Royal Spanish Academy. Some people use Latine as an alternative, arguing it is more pronounceable in Spanish. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: latinx ==== Translations ==== === See also === xe sphinx === References === === Further reading === Latinx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia