Passing

:For other uses of the words pass or passing, see Pass.

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Passing is a person's being regarded as a member of a social class other than his or her own, such as a different sex, race, or disability status, generally with the purpose of gaining social acceptance or of comporting with the person's own cultural or gender identity.

Related Topics:
Social class - Sex - Race - Disability status - Cultural - Gender identity

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Etymologically, the term is simply a clipped form of the phrasal verb pass for or pass as, as in a counterfeit passing for the genuine article or an impostor passing as another person. It has been in popular use since at least the late 1920s.

Related Topics:
Etymologically - Phrasal verb

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