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Sempersystem

A **sempersystem** is a system where all or most headmates are always close to the front, but not always fully there.

They may pop in to say a few words. Due to them always being in the front, it's easier to switch to a certain headmate. Sempersystems will most likely share all memories with each other, but may not.

## Related Terms

Sempersystems commonly experience co-consciousness & co-fronting, which can cause a lot of blurring.
Proditiogenic

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**Proditiogenic** describes a system or system member formed from trauma resulting from betrayal. Signs that a system, a member, or a group of members were formed or re-discovered in this manner is assessing if the system or system member(s) had a history of being betrayed. A multitude of events can be interpreted as betrayal, such as being an introject becoming a member of a system in the wake of being written out of their home universe via being sent/killed off for merely plot reasons, or it can include external world conflicts like the loss of a support system or having employment terminated by what was once thought to be a trusted employer. This can also extend to subsystems or other members spurred by internal betrayal among the system.

Proditiogenic systems and/or system members can form or be re-discovered in any system regardless of origin.

## History of the Term

Proditiogenic is a portmanteau of Proditione and -genic. Proditione is latin and literally translates to the word, betrayal. This term was coined by The Etheridge Collective.
Created

A **created system** is a system that was intentionally or unintentionally created, and may be associated with creativity. It is one of five origins in the Emmengard Origin System alongside Adaptive, Spontaneous, Unknown and Mixed, and is represented with the red/pink color on Emmengard's origin rings symbol.

Created systems encompasses soulbonding and gateway systems, tulpamancy, parogenic and willogenic systems, systems that purposely formed in reaction to trauma, as well as others, although it does have the most similarity to parogenic systems.

### Flags

Along with Emmengard's plural rings that include created systems, two flags exist to symbolize created systems. The flags by Grey Skies are based on "head in the clouds" symbolism, whereas the colors on the mixed created system flag are taken from the plural rings symbol and symbolize created systems and the various other origins they may be mixed with.

Transparent created flag by Grey SkiesCreated flag by Grey SkiesMixed created flag by PatricianRoryPrisogika
1. ↑ Plural Positivity by Emmengard on Dreamwidth
2. ↑ Post by The Lunastus Collective on Tumblr
3. ↑ Created flag by Grey Skies
Fronting

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**Fronting** is an activity performed by one or more headmates, where they take control of the body and handle daily activities and communication. This can often include allowing other headmates to speak via internal communication.

In some cases, it's possible for no one to be fronting, in which case some type of default behavior takes over the body. This can surface in multiple ways, such as becoming unresponsive.

## Related Terms

* Switching is when the current fronter(s) changes.
* Co-fronting is when two or more headmates are fronting.
* Frontstuck is when one or more headmates are unable to stop fronting or switch to another headmate.
* Front-Sticky is when a headmate is continuously drawn to front, no matter how many times they leave.
* Front-Repelled is when a headmate dislikes fronting, or is unable to front without much effort.
* Fronting room refers to a dedicated space in headspace that members of the system visit in order to front.
-orma

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## -orma

### Coiner

Cluster Brains / Plural-labels / Mothgender on Tumblr

### Community

Headmates

**-orma** is a suffix used to describe the origins of a headmate. The primary use is for headmate origin terms that are not system origin terms. It can also act as a replacement to the -tive/-ject suffixes used for sourced headmates.

While the Pluralpedia page and Termora page attribute coining to Cluster Brains, a coining post attributed to Tumblr user mothgender/plural-labels was posted on July 24th, 2020. On Pluralpedia, the flag templates are attributed to Cluster Brains; however, as of right now, there doesn't appear to be any solid evidence of it being posted.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ARCHIVE on Tumblr: New system term: -orma
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 -orma - Pluralpedia
3. ↑ -orma | Termora
Dreamway System

A **Dreamway System** is a subset of a Gateway System, exclusive to those with Maladaptive Daydreaming Disorder, immersive daydreamers, neuronarrators, or similar experiences. An individual with a dreamway system experiences gateways, but they are to the world(s) of their daydreams (frequently known as paracosms). An individual with a dreamway system can have as few as one or two or as many as hundreds of dreamways. The term was coined by quoipunk on Tumblr. A dreamway system frequently also falls under the Paragenic origin (term derived from "para", a word for an individual in a paracosm.)

Dreamway systems do not have to have daydreaming as their only origin. Characters from paracosms, such as paras or parames (the para who the daydream is from the point of view of) frequently become system members in dreamway systems.

### Flag

The official dreamway flag was designed by Tumblr user quoipunk on February 20, 2020. The blue color represents daydreaming, the pink relationships with paras and headmates in a dreamway system, and the purples represent the worlds/gateways that an individual with a dreamway system is connected to. The top and bottom stripes represent the system as a whole, and the symbol on the flag is a symbol associated with dreaming. There are also two official variants of the dreamway flag without the symbol and with more saturated colors.

### Related Terms

Paracosm: A world created by a daydreamer, coined by Ben Vincent, a paracosmist, in 1976.

Para: An individual in a paracosm, coined by languidschizoid.

Parame: The version of the individual who is the creator of the paracosm, frequently an idealized version of themselves or paraself, also coined by languidschizoid.

Para[girlfriend/brother/friend etc]: The version of a girlfriend, brother, friend, etc. in a paracosm, also coined by languidschizoid.

Paraself: A daydream version of the daydreamer.

Prevera: Sentient/headmate versions of paras, coined by quoipunk.

Previme: Sentient/headmate versions of parames, also coined by quoipunk.

Parative: A system member who was originally a para. Coined anonymously.

Dreamway flag with symbolDreamway flag without symbolSaturated dreamway flagSimplified dreamway flag with symbol created by The CircusSimplified dreamway flag created by The CircusPrevime flag created by quoipunkPrevera flag created by quoipunkParative flag created by Cluster Brains
1. ↑ Dreamway System coining post by quoipunk on Tumblr
2. ↑ Paracosm coining source on Wikipedia
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Para- terms coining post by languidschizoid on Tumblr
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Prevera and previme coining post by quoipunk on Tumblr
Aerogenic

Aerogender flag by gendernovus/neurogender

**Aerogenic** is a term that describes headmates who are directly related to the environment around them, or headmates who form due to weather/environmental conditions.

The term was coined by Tumblr user gendernovus/neurogender on March 29th, 2020, along with the terms bombogenic, phytogenic, and orbit system. The flag was created on the same day.

The term is most likely a combination of the prefix "aero-", meaning air, and -genic.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 semi-hiatus (tumblr.com)
2. ↑ Biology Prefixes and Suffixes: Aer- or Aero- (thoughtco.com)
Otherkin

Otherkin are a subculture of people who identify non-physically as nonhuman in some intrinsic, integral way. These individuals often see themselves as being partially or wholly nonhuman, and identify themselves as such. Various explanations for these experiences abound, ranging from past lives and walk-in metaphors to psychological mechanisms such as imprinting and atypical mental wiring.

Therians, individuals who identify as non-human animals in a non-physical and integral way, may sometimes be consider a subset of otherkin. Another related group are fictionkin-those who identify in a non-physical and integral way as entities from modern media.

# Relationship to Plurality

Many in plural systems may identify with otherkin, or use their communities. Some in plural systems identify completely as otherkin, since their internal bodies do not match their external one. Still others may prefer to call themselves nonhuman, or use labels specifically referencing their relationship to their experiences in-system, such as the terms "extranthropy" or "fictivity".
OSDD-1a

### Related Term(s)

Dissociative Identity Disorder, Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, OSDD-1b, Unspecified Dissociative Disorder

### Community

Medical systems community

**OSDD-1a**, or other specified dissociative disorder type 1a, is one of five diagnostic labels clinically recognized to cause a system, along with DID/MPD, OSDD-1, OSDD-1b and USDD. It is a sub-type of Other Specified Dissociative Disorder type 1, wherein the members of a system are less differentiated than in classic DID. People who have this sort of experience but do not wish to label their system medically may describe themselves as being mid-contiuum or median.

Dissociative identity disorder is typically diagnosed if there is amnesia between the different identities, provided that the different identities have notably different senses of self. In OSDD-1a, the different members of a system typically share the same name, and may present as different ages or different modes of the same person, such as a "work" vs "home" self. There may be no consensus in an OSDD-1a system about whether a specific system member is the "main" member.

1. ↑ Other Specified Dissociative Disorder and DDNOS on traumadissociation.com
2. ↑ DID versus OSDD-1 on did-research.org
Duxima

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Duxima (or duxitanima) refers to a headmate who is duximagenic as a replacement for brain-made, non-fictive, etc.

This means that the duxima is not sourced like a fictive or charabond, for example.

Duxima comes from the latin word "duxit", meaning brought, and "anima", meaning soul.

## History

This term was created by Minho from Satellite within the Poet Polyplex. This term is meant for spiritual systems, like soulbond systems for example.
Archorma

Archorma flag created by m-grouped

**Archorma** (ark-or-ma) is an origin term that describes a headmate's origin as being created/constructed by an artisan.

This term was coined by Tumblr user m-grouped on May 5th, 2022. The flag was created on the same day.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ARCHOGENIC/ARCHORMA & ARTISAN !! — IM BACK (archive.vn)
Intentional Harmer

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An **intentional harmer** is a headmate that harms other headmates. See also: persecutor.

They may believe bringing harm including, but not limited to, sexual, physical, or mental harm, is a good way of showing other headmates that the world is not good, safe, and/or happy. It may also be a way that these headmates attempt to get control in their system, or an attempt to disrupt the peace.
Multiple System

### Community

Dissociative Identity Disorder, Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, Multiple and Traumagenic Communities

A **multiple system** is a form of plurality in which the members of the plural system are fairly distinct and not particularly strongly connected to each other, as opposed to the smaller amount of distinction that is found in a median or midcontinuum system. It was likely popularized or coined in 1994 by the Sapphire Gazelles as a term derived from the diagnosis multiple personality disorder (the prior diagnostic term for dissociative identity disorder). Gazelles acknowledged that in nearly every case, individuals who used the term experienced severe trauma at an age prior to age 5, but that there were cases where there was no trauma involved, or when the person became multiple at a later age, or both.

Since the term's inception, it has both spread into medical research and papers, sometimes disparagingly, and in the wider plurality community, being used by endogenic systems and other non-traumagenic systems as well as traumagenic systems and those with dissociative disorders. It is also used as a synonym for plurality overall by many.

1. ↑ alt.support.dissociation FAQ by Sapphire Gazelles et al
2. ↑ Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves, multiple authors, 2017
3. ↑ "Multiple Systems" versus Dissociative Identity Disorder: Life-Style or Mental Illness? by Megan Sullivan
Front Rotation

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**Front Rotation** is when there is a change in frequent fronters to a new set of frequent fronters. It is a Rotation of new Fronters.

This term is a function that applies to systems both Cytien and any system in general where a rotation occurs.

What makes this different from Cytien is that unlike Cytien this situation happens seemingly independently of any cause however it *can* still be caused by new members, as well as this being the term for the act of Common fronters changing.

This can happen on a weekly-monthly basis (in some cases longer). There isn't a time limit or even any set rules. This does not need to happen in groups, nor does it need to happen often.

This is a simple way of saying that there was a change in the common fronters of *any* system.

## Related Terms

•Cytien

•Frontrunner

## History

This term was created both as an adjective to describe the change in fronters, and as an alternative to the term Cytien.

## Extra

This term can be considered both a subclass and a variation of Cytien as this term is extremely similar the only real difference being it's cause.

This term can also be used by systems who are not cytien to describe their common fronters or *specifically the change of common fronters* as this is both a noun and an adjective.
Double Agent

A **Double Agent** is a type of Protector who pretends to go along with an abuser and fulfils tasks set by them in order to gain trust or protection. This may include causing harm to the body or other people.

## Related Terms

Similar to an Enforcer or Instructed-Persecutor in that abuse lessons and tasks are enforced in the system, but different in that the Double Agent carries out these tasks themselves and only does so when being observed by an abuser.

Double Agents may be viewed as a subtype of Martyr, and may also be guilt holders.
Dissonaut

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A **dissonaut** is a headmate that holds or experiences intense dissociation. They may numb the body or cause the body to dissociate upon fronting.

## History

This term was coined by September Sanctuary, and was originally called "dejugan".

## Related Terms

It goes along with outernaut & bionaut, as terms relating to fronting using the suffix -naut.
Debugger

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**Debuggers** are protectors that make sure the system does not slip back into old patterns of abuse (or rather, being abused). They work with headmates such as Instructed-Persecutors, Double Agents, and fawn response holders. Debuggers may have or gain some control over their system in order to overwrite another headmate's triggered response or script.

# Related Terms

Debuggers may be necessary to balance enforcers and similar headmates as well as making a system less vulnerable to abuse.

Debuggers may be or work in cooperation with Rehabilitators.

Programming is (inversely) associated with this role.
Partner System

### Community

Plural community, dissociative system community, ritual abuse survivor community

"Partner systems" is a term that describes a relationship between two systems where the systems collectively are in some sort of relationship. This relationship can be platonic, queerplatonic, dating, or any kind of relationship that feels substantial enough for the systems to consider themselves together.

This term does ***not*** inherently mean that all system members are dating all other system members, or that adult system members are in relationships with littles. It simply means that the systems are collectively in some sort of relationship. It may mean that many system members are in relationships with members of the other system, but it also may not.

A system can have multiple partner systems, for example if they are polyamorous, or if they have a spouse and a queerplatonic partner.

## Sub-terms

There have been several sub-terms coined to describe specific types of partner systems:

* **Spouse System** denotes that the two systems are married to each other (either by law or spiritually)
* **Plush System** denotes specifically a queerplatonic partnership between the two+ systems, and was coined by Cluster Brains. It is derived from the term "plush" for a queerplatonic relationship crush/desire.
* **Squish System** denotes specifically a platonic partnership between the two+ systems, and was coined by Cluster Brains. It is derived from the term "squish" for the desire to have a non-romantic relationship.

## Controversy

The term "partner system" has gained some controversy in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Other Specified Dissociative Disorder spaces due to two reasons.

The primary reason is that according to many systems, the term originated as a part of ritual abuse, was reclaimed by the medical system community, and then spread to the wider plurality community. The term may have originally meant systems that experienced programming (an aspect of ritual abuse) to be "counterparts" of each other in some way, or to sabotage each other's recovery.

Another objection to the term is that the idea that partner systems can create an unhealthy obsession with "pairing up" system members with individuals they share a fictional source with, or that individual system members can feel obligated to date people in their partner system just because the two (or more) systems are in a relationship. Frequently, one system having trouble can also cause their partner system to have trouble in their system due to the close relationship .

## Flags

Squish System flag by Cluster BrainsPlush System flag by Cluster BrainsSpouse System flag based on anon Interpluaric flagInterpluaric Flag by anonymous1. ↑ Queerplatonic Relationship on LGBTA Wiki
2. ↑ Squish on LGBTA Wiki
3. ↑ Post about partner systems by collectivelychatty on Tumblr
4. ↑ Relationships while being part of a system - part 1 (of ???) - partner systems! by sys-shop on Tumblr
5. ↑ Pros and cons of partner systems by The Crisscrossed System on Tumblr
Other Specified Dissociative Disorder

Other Specified Dissociative Disorder is a psychological diagnosis that is given when an individual who is experiencing distress due to their dissociative symptoms does not meet the criteria for Dissociative Identity Disorder. This disorder has four sub-types :

1. Having chronic dissociative symptoms including multiple identities, but with less separation or less severe separation than in dissociative identity disorder. In non-medical terms, this may be described as a median system. The system is either lacking clearly separated parts or lacking amnesia. This is the second best known dissociative disorder in the medical system community, after dissociative identity disorder, and many say that it is the only diagnostic label other than dissociative identity disorder that counts as a system. When an individual does not fit into either OSDD-1a or OSDD-1b neatly but still has a dissociative disorder and experiences distressing multiplicity, they may be diagnosed with simply OSDD-1.
2. Identity disturbance related to a long period of ‘intense coercive control and persuasion’. This can be related to cults, political imprisonment, or torture. The identity confusion as a result of these traumatic events is enough to cause serious dysfunction. It is typically not considered a true system by medical systems, as it did not typically develop in childhood (although coercive control and persuasion can be a component of ritual abuse that forms a system) and treatment typically significantly reduces the identity confusion.
3. Acute dissociative reactions to stressful events. This disorder is more short-term, and the dissociative reactions usually last for less than a month, or can be as short as hours to days. These reactions include dissociative symptoms, such as de-personalization, small degrees of amnesia, and a lack of integration in sensory-motor function, meaning some degree of a lack of awareness for one's body and senses.
4. Experiencing Dissociative Trance. A dissociative trance involves losing awareness of the outer world and not responding to others. This is involuntary. The individual may be temporarily paralyzed or lose consciousness. This diagnosis, like other dissociative disorders, cannot be diagnosed when the symptoms occur because of religious or cultural practices or drugs. Another word for this disorder can be "trance disorder", and was previously called dissociative trance as a separate diagnosis in the fourth DSM.

Other Specified Dissociative Disorder is less known than dissociative disorder, both in the plural community and outside of it, but systems caused by it are just as real as those formed by dissociative identity disorder or non-medical causes.

1. ↑ Fact Sheet IV by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
2. ↑ Other Specified Dissociative Disorder and DDNOS on traumadissociation.com
Container Subsystem

A container subsystem is a subsystem that shares an internal body within their larger inner world. This may function much like a system that shares a physical-world body, with the host of the container subsystem not being aware of the fact that they have system members of their own. It was coined by Jelen of Kairos Court (a sidesystem of The Temenē Alliance). An alternative term to this term for traumagenic DID/OSDD-1 systems who want a term exclusive to such systems is contained subsystem, coined by multiplemogai, who also designed the associated flag.

An example of container subsystems is "alters within alters"  in Dissociative Identity Disorder or Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, although the term is not exclusive to DID and may be used by any plural to whom the term applies.

Container subsystems can have their own alters with roles that apply to members of systems, such as protectors, gatekeepers, and persecutors, and are common in polyfragmented systems.

A related term to container subsystem is a semi-separated subsystem, which is a subsystem that sometimes shares a body in the internal world and sometimes does not, with members of the subsystem frequently being able to choose whether or not they want to share a body. The term was coined by the Shooting Star Collective.

1. ↑ Subsystem types by multiplemogai
2. ↑ Subsystems on did-research.org
3. ↑ System Terms by Shooting Star Collective
Role

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A **role** is the position a member takes within their system.

This can be something with a specific focus such as a protector or a gatekeeper, or more of a general-purpose such as a primary fronter.
-dawn

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## -dawn

### Community

Subsystems/sisasystems

**-dawn** is a suffix for subsystems (cluster/any other groups in-system) origins, whether an exo/introjected origin (introjecting a system with an origin), or an endo/inside origin (a subsystem being caused while inside the system).

While there is no coining post listed on Pluralpedia, the coin is attributed to the since-deleted plurgai Tumblr blog. The coin does not appear to be stored on the Internet Archive or the Wayback Machine. There is also no date of coining saved; however, the Pluralpedia page was created in 2021, so it can be assumed that the term was coined in or before 2021.

1. ↑ -dawn - Pluralpedia
Exomemories

Exomemories (or exomems) is a term that originated in the plural community as a catch-all term for memories that did not occur in this universe/life. It is derived from the term exotrauma, and while all exotrauma is exomemories, not all exomemories are exotrauma.

The term can also be used to describe memories that are "pre-system" memories by a system member in a system that uses a psychological viewpoint about their system, such as a purely neurogenic system, as an alternative to pseudomemories. A system using the term does not inherently imply that they are spirigenic or have a spiritual component to their plurality, but many who use the term do have such a component to their plurality.
Caretaker

A **caretaker** is a headmate whose role is taking care for or assisting the system or other headmates. They may soothe, guide, or help process emotions for system members, including individual headmates, groups, or the system as a whole. Some caretakers look after the body by keeping up with hygiene or going to work.

They may struggle with their own emotional wellbeing and self-care.

## Related Terms

Caretakers are often considered a form of internal self helper, and has its own subterms: soother, hygienist, guide, etc. Many caretakers look after littles, trauma holders, or other vulnerable headmate types.

## Gallery

Caretaker flag by Cluster Brains. Dae says it chose the colors based on the "soft, warm and give off caring vibe" of caretakers.Alternate caretaker flag by neopronouns.Simplified alternate caretaker flag by neopronouns.
1. ↑ http://traumadissociation.com/alters#caretaker
Libragenic

Libragenic flag by soulqueer-schlatt

**Libragenic** is an origin term which refers to a system, subsystem or headmate who feels mostly agenic, but has partial connections to another origin. This may be considered a form of mixed origin/polygenic.

The term was coined by Tumblr user soulqueer-schlatt on October 29th, 2021. The flag was posted on the same day.

The term is most likely a portmanteau of the prefix libra-, meaning balance, and the -genic suffix.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 👑🐏 (archive.li)
Aetherbased

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### Coiner

The Legendarium - Moonlight Symphony/Atlantis Starryvault

### Community

Plurals

**Aetherbased** is a -based term that corresponds to Aethergenic, and refers to plurals whose functions and/or architecture cannot be explained psychologically, or a spiritual-based system. This term is nonspecific and can refer to metaphysical, religious, agnostic, and other related worldviews.

While the original coining post appears to be deleted, Pluralpedia attributes coining to The Legendarium - Moonlight Symphony/Atlantis Starryvault. A coining date was not provided, however the oldest point we were able to find of this term being mentioned is the creation of the Pluralpedia page on October 15th, 2021. Multiple flags have since been created, however the featured flag is by Tumblr user m-grouped. posted on March 6th, 2022.  An additional flag was created by Tumblr user mogaiboards on January 19th, 2022.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IM BACK on Tumblr: Aetherbased & Aetherspace
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Aetherbased - Pluralpedia
3. ↑ reqs: open for flag making!//inbox: 2 on Tumblr: more -based flags! in order aetherbased / amnesiabased / dualbased aetherbased Aetherbased is a -based term that corresponds to...

## Gallery

Aetherbased flag by m-groupedAetherbased flag by mogaiboards
-based

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## -based

### Community

Plural community

The **-based** suffix is a suffix which refers to system functions, structures, etc which act as modifier, rather than origins.

The original coining post appears to be deleted and is not archived- however, previous versions of this wiki attribute it to Tumblr user plurgai on April 29th, 2021. It can be assumed that the flag was posted on the same day.

## Gallery

Spinbased/Fixabased flag by plurgai on TumblrTraumabased flag by plurgai on TumblrWillobased flag by plurgai on tumblrCatharibased flag by plurgai on TumblrDreambased flag by noiacollective on TumblrSolumbased flag by plurgai on TumblrPrebased flag by plurgai on TumblrParabased flag by sys-positive on TumblrNeurobased flag by sys-positive on TumblrHorrorbased flag by sayagenderFearbased flag by sayagender
Floater

**Floaters** are members of DID/OSDD-1 systems who aren't connected to one subsystem. They have easier access to communication with other subsystems than other types of alters do, and can hold more knowledge about their system due to their unique role. They are often gatekeepers or internal self helpers (ISHs), but not all floaters are one of these system roles. The term was coined by multiplemogai on Tumblr and is a term exclusive to at least partially traumagenic DID or OSDD-1 systems, including mixed-origin traumagenic DID/OSDD-1 systems.

1. ↑ Floater coining post by multiplemogai on Tumblr
2. ↑ Usage permission for mixed-origin systems by multiplemogai on Tumblr
Protosprache

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**Protosprache** is a term for a language spoken by a system member in their source or pre-system life/existence. A headmate may or may not retain the knowledge of this language in headspace, or if they travel away from the system, when traveling away from the system.

The term comes from the German word “sprache”.

## Related Terms

* Exosprache
* Glossotien
* Intrasprache
* Leidtien
* Sprachtien
Imprisoner

An **imprisoner** is a sub-type of persecutor that may believe themselves to be a protector. Rather than acting as a barrier between persecutor and other headmates, they may instead choose to isolate and imprison those they deem dangerous to the system, potentially with the intent of punishing them or in an attempt to keep order within the system. Imprisoners may even go so far as to force other headmates into dormancy or keep them otherwise incapacitated.

Imprisoner as a plural term was coined due to confusion on whether or not wardens can also be persecutors. As such, the protector counterpart of imprisoners are called wardens.

## References

1. ↑ https://fallenheartsgalaxy.tumblr.com/post/659630661738594304/new-term-imprisoner
Occlusian

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A system which, due to amnesic barriers, was unaware of the members until the host discovered their plurality. The members are active and functional, yet are oblivious to the existence of other headmates.

## History

Occlusian was coined on February 17, 2022 by Tumblr user cripp-tid.

1. ↑ https://cripp-tid.tumblr.com/post/676500575627739136/occlusian
Confuser

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**Confusers** are headmates whose role is to purposely misdirect the system from learning about its trauma. This can come in the form of providing false information to professionals, creating contradicting memories, denying the truth to other headmates, and “shutting down” the system, if new memories are accessed in some way. A system may have unique names for different kinds of confusers (invalidators, denial alters, deflectors, disowner, etc.)

Not all confusers know about the trauma itself. Some only know that their job is to lie about it.

## Related Terms

This kind of headmate can be created during programming to protect the abusers, but is not exclusive to this type of trauma.
Headspace

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A **headspace** (also known as inner world or wonderland) is a place that members of a system can visit or inhabit, where they can talk to other headmates.

Not every system has one, but many do. It is also not unique to systems. Singlets may have a headspace as well.

## Common Attributes

Some headspaces feature fronting rooms, which are a location where members can go in order to perform actions with the body.

Sometimes headmates may only exist in headspace, or may stop or start fronting. In these cases, the only communication they have with the outside world is via another headmate talking to them.

Headspaces can have various themes - sometimes they take the form of a bedroom or small home, but they can also take other forms like a large hall. They can also be entire worlds, which might be inspired by a specific game or TV show, or a general theme like science fiction or fantasy.

## Related Terms

Fronting room refers to an area, room, or another place inside a headspace where members go in order to front.

Gateway can be used to describe a headspace, which is connected to another world.
Antigenic

**Antigenic** refers to a system, sisasystem, or headmate who formed from fake-claiming. Antigenic systems can form from being fakeclaimed themselves, or from an outside source, such as someone they are close to being fakeclaimed for being a system.

This effects sisasystems and headmates in a way of forming. Many of the headmates that form like this are a type of protector, but not always.

Antigenic includes, but is not limited to:

* a headmate or sisasystem forming due to the main system being fakeclaimed or posted (such as on a fakeclaiming subreddit or blog)
* a close friend being fakeclaimed or posted
* someone who is looked up to being fakeclaimed or posted
* etc.
Hemisystem

A **hemisystem** is a group of members, subsystems, and/or sidesystems that may be connected to each other or disconnected to other parts of the system in some way.

The term is derived from *Hemi-*, the Latin prefix for "half". *Meros* from Greek, meaning "part".

## Related Terms

Hemisystems may make up/comprise larger groupings, called polymers.

A hemisystem-equivalent collection of cosmien realms is called a hemicostem.

A hemisystem is a type of sisasystem, and a collection of hemisystems is a hemisystem cluster, called a lavhachruk in the fhinanara-kah terminology system.

## Coordinate Terms

* Hemiplex
* Mesoplex
* Sideplex
* Sparplex
* Subplex
* Mesosystem
* Sidesystem
* Sparsystem
* Subsystem
* Nestsystem
Isolgenic

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## Isolgenic

### Community

Plural community

**Isolgenic** (alternatively **Socinagenic**) is an origin where a system/headmate/subsystem, etc. was formed due to isolation and/or social neglect. This can be classed as a traumagenic or stressgenic origin, but it's up to the system who identifies with this term. The prefix Isol- comes from the word Isolation and Socina- comes from the words Social and Neglect. It was coined on August 19th, 2021 by icarusoblivion on Tumblr help explain their system's experience with plurality and their origins.

## Flag

The official flag was also created by icarusoblivion. It was created to resemble the Solumgenic flag, and the connection that there may be between the two origins.

1. ↑ Isolgenic coining post on Tumblr
2. ↑ Solumgenic flag by plurgai on Tumblr
Gendiegenic

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**Gendiegenic** (or **gendergenic**) is an origin term for systems, members, or headspaces that have origins somewhat connected to gender.

This can be for a variety of reasons, which include, but are not limited to:

* systems or system members forming to help cope with dysphoria
* forming because of the trauma of growing up raised as the “wrong” gender (in which case it would be a type of traumagenic)
* median (sub)systems (or others) with facets and/or medianmates forming to embody or express genders
* as gender entities,
* innerworlds/layers forming because of or existing as cosmien gender realms (this subtype is called cosmiengenic or cosmigenic).

## Related Terms

As a -genic term, gendiegenic is an origin term that shares characteristics with other origin terms, and can be described as either part of the traumagenic, endogenic, or quoigenic umbrellas, depending on the person using the term.

## References

1. ↑ https://termora.org/term/gendiegenic
-sustien

The **-sustien suffix** is a plurality-related suffix coined by Arrakis of the NGC Collective. It is derived from the Latin word sustentō meaning “I uphold, support or sustain; I endure, hold out”, and is inspired by the -tien suffix. It is a word for what sustains or creates either some or all layers/sidesystems/etc of a system. An alternative modifier is -eithel. It may be combined with system origins.

1. ↑ -sustien on Termora
Middlex

A **middlex** is a non-explicit term for a middle, or age-slider, that holds trauma with more adult themes (such as negative sexual, or drug-related experiences). It can also refer to introjects of trauma related to it.

## History

The term is based on littlex, and its flag colors are based on the trauma holder and systeen flag colors.

## Related Terms

Littlex is the equivalent of middlex for littles/syskids.

## Gallery

The first middlex flag. By Dexter/neopronouns on tumblr.The second middlex flag. Also by Dexter/neopronouns on tumblr.
## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220311004740/https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/677530334746820608/original-icon-friendly-middlex-a-middle-system
Extraumagenic

An extraumagenic system, also known as exgenic, perplexgenic or pertraumagenic (not to be confused with partraumagenic), is a system that is partially or wholly formed from some form of trauma, but the system does not know what kind of trauma it is or does not wish to disclose which kind of trauma it is. The term is also inclusive of subsystems and sidesystems that are trauma-formed even if the main plural collective as a whole is non-traumagenic.

## History

It was coined by Dödstold Package in 2020.

## Flags

Official extraumagenic flag by Dödstold PackageExtraumagenic flag by Cluster BrainsSimplified extraumagenic flag by Cluster Brains
1. ↑ Extraumagenic coining post on Tumblr
Kin System

A **Kin System**, **kingenic** or **kincontinuum** is a controversial type of system with many different definitions. It is a combination of being otherkin (not inherently a plural experience) and being a system. The term has been in circulation for many years, since at least 2015, and the coiner is unknown.

## Definitions

1. A system whose members were previously non-autonomous kintypes or who gains members from their kintypes. (They may have introjects of their kintypes.)
2. A person who is in the gray area between being an otherkin singlet (non-system) and being plural. A person in this area feels like they are in between their kintypes being self-contained and being a system. This has similarities to being median.
3. A person who became a system because they were kin with a system. (Also defined as system-kin).
4. Someone who feels like their otherkinity and plurality are interconnected, in some way.

### Related Terms

* **System-kin**: A person who became a system because they were kin with a system, or who is kin with a system and feels aligned with the system community despite not being actually plural. People who are system-kin may consider themselves to be in the process of becoming plural through parogenesis or some other means.
* **Kintype-system**: A system whose members feel aligned with both being kin and with being introjects, similar to being a fableing. They use both terms, even though they personally feel roughly the same to the system.

## Controversy

The term "kin system" and related terms are controversial because it is considered misinformation about how dissociative systems work by system exclusionists, and because kintypes are broadly not considered separate from the person who is kin, therefore making the definition of "kin system" a logical contradiction.

## Flags

The first known flag was anonymously submitted to beyond-mogai-pride-flags in 2019. Flags have also been designed by plurgai and wikipunk on Tumblr.

Kin System anonymously submitted to beyond-mogai-pride-flagsKin system flag by plurgaiKin system flag by wikipunkAlternate kin system flag by wikipunkSystem-kin flag by plurgaiKintype System flag by plurgai
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fictives vs. Fictionkin: Stop Conflating The Two by billciphersholidayparty on Tumblr
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kin System by wikipunk on Tumblr
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kin System by plurgai on Tumblr
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kintype-system and System-kin by plurgai
5. ↑ Myths by Endogenic Haven on Tumblr
6. ↑ Kin System posted by beyond-mogai-pride-flags on Tumblr
Polyplex

A **polyplex** is a system that is made up of multiple sidesystems (and sometimes, subsystems) to create the collective. Polyplexes can be of any size.

## Related Terms

Despite sharing a prefix with terms like polyfragmented, polyfaceted, or polymultiple, those describe system count; polyplex describes function and structure.

The synonym magistien was coined by The Hollow Willow🌺#0488.
Programming

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**Programming** is the process of using trauma-induced dissociation to implant commands and structure a system by an external group. It commonly involves many forms of abuse to trigger dissociative responses and access the subconscious, leading an abuser to create alters with specific roles, signals & triggers, and the internal world. There are many kinds of programs. Whether or not the abuser knows that they are causing a system depends on the specific group, as not all abusers know what DID & OSDD are, but understand the outcome.

## Related Terms

Some programming involves scripts, and some common alters in these systems are spinners, enforcers, and confusers.
Neurogenic

Neurogenic systems are systems that were formed by the brain due to pre-existing mental illnesses or neurodiversities.

Neurogenic systems may identify as either endogenic or traumagenic, depending on whether they consider their system to have formed due to their mental illness contributing to stress and trauma, or endogenic because it is simply how their brain works.

The term was coined by The Nilda Alliance.

## Flags

Full neurogenic flag by Grey SkiesNeurogenic flag by nihilgenousSimplified neurogenic flag by Grey Skies
Maliciogenic

Maliciogenic flag by The Nelson System and Icarus Oblivion

**Maliciogenic** is a headmate/subsystem/etc. that falls under the terms created, willogenic and/or parogenic but specifies that they were created by another headmate with malicious intent. The term was coined by Icarus Oblivion and The Nelson System on September 3 2021.

For example, it could be that said headmate decided to create another headmate/subsystem/etc in order to cause uncertainly or instability in the system, or with the intent to harm the system or those within it in some way.

## Flag

The official flag was created by The Nelson System with the help of Icarus Oblivion. There is no confirmed meaning.

1. ↑ Maliciogenic by icarusoblivion on Tumblr
Parasian

*This article refers to the subtype of median subsystems. You may be looking for Paragenic, a system origin formed through daydreaming.*

**Parasian** refers to medians who are closer to the singlet side of the plurality spectrum. Parasians could be a median system with few, indistinct facets that occasionally become a singlet, and then fade back into a system. They could also be a median system with only fragments as facets. Parasian systems are almost always endogenic systems. The term was coined by Fallen Hearts Galaxy, and the unofficial flag was created by plurgai.

1. ↑ Coining post by Fallen Hearts Galaxy on Tumblr
2. ↑ Median flags by plurgai
Impeter

An **impeter** is a headmate that causes bodily harm to the system that they reside within.

An impeter may or may not want to intentionally cause this harm to the system, and might cause the harm in an attempt to help the system, if they believe the harm would help the system in the long run, or might accidentally harm the system through various means such as starvation or reckless behavior.

## Intended Use

This is not meant to be a negative or harmful term; rather, it is only intended to describe a headmate's behavior that they may or may not be able to control. These headmates can act like and be treated like any other headmate depending on how they are as a headmate, and not need any additional treatment as a headmate.

## Etymology

The word "impeter" comes from the Latin word "impetum", meaning "attack, violence, assault, or fight." Although the term might have been called an impetur, and, indeed, headmates with this role are often called impetur, the headmate in question that coined this term is named Peter Parker and thought it would be quite humorous to essentially have his name in the term, especially as it is a term that describes himself.

## Related Terms

Impeters may also fall under the umbrella attacker, if they choose to identify as such, or they may simply be a headmate who unintentionally causes harm by being a prankster, or even a jokestar, in unfortunate instances.

Impeter may, in some cases, be considered a synonym of persecutor.

Depending on the harm that an impeter causes, they might have be be rehabilitated by a rehabilitator or have a DNI Holder monitor their fronting activities.