System Terms Log
Introduction
Hello and Welcome to our System Terms Carrd!
This card was made by The Sunny System ( Bio here! ) and The Forgetmenot System ( Bio here! ).
This is a growing database of community sourced terms for systems. It's here in order to help others find terms to best express and explain their system to others if they so choose. Only major difference compared to other System term logs is how it actively avoids endogenic sourced terms, ideas, and ideology, since the endo-community is heavily based on misinformation and cultural appropriation.
Anyway, we you hope enjoy our log <3
✨ DIRECTORY ✨
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Absource
An adjective to describe system members who started out as source-compliant/very similar to their source, but gradually over time became source-divergent. This could be due to any reasons, including but not limited to: In-system events; intratrauma; remembering events that occurred in their timeline, but not in their source's.
Source: Coined by ♣️♠️ Iridescence ♥️♦️
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Absourceform
Based off of Absource, meaning a system member whose innerworld body and/or appearance gradually change to reflect source-divergency over time.
Source: Coined by ♣️♠️ Iridescence ♥️♦️
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Aesthetive
An introject of an aesthetic personified (eg cottagecore, clowncore, vaporwave, etc).
Source: here
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After Hours
A term for interactions that take place in the headspace specifically when none of the system members involved are fronting/near front. Could be useful for covertly discussing your system in public, but that isn't its only use.
Source: Coined by the Firefly System
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Age Advancing
AKA: Age Advancer
A term for system members that progress in age over time, either following outspace or inspace time. (Age Advancer is noun form.)
Source: here
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Age Constant
AKA: Agefrozen
A term for system members that stay the same age no matter what.
Source: here for age constant; agefrozen by unknown.
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Age Slider
A system member or person who changes age or identifies with different ages at different times. How much control they have over the process, the age ranges involved, and all other aspects of age-sliding vary widely between and even within systems.
Source: here
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Ageswinging
Used to describe when a system member's age rapidly swings from one or multiple ages to another.
Source: Coined by System of the Fool
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Age Vague
A system member who doesn't have a particular age, or their age is more based on the way they act or look, and not a specific number. This is different from an age-slider as the age does not change.
Source: Coined by Tawny Group
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Age Varying
AKA: Age Variant
A blanket term for age sliders/regressors/progressors. (Age Variant is noun form.)
Source: here
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Aliumlenguian
A system member who speaks a different language than the majority of the system, or a language that the body doesn't know. From the Latin "Alium" for "different"
Source: Stelar Quiroz here
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Alter
Someone who shares a brain/body with someone else; a member of a plural system, usually used by DID/OSDD-1 systems but is not exclusive.
Source: here
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Alterhood
AKA: Selfhood
Another term for selfhood or personhood, refering specifically to the identity of an alter.
Source: Coined by ✨ The Star System ✨
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Altverbal
AKA: Alternate-Verbal, AV
A term used to describe people who are not traditionally full-verbal. This includes non-verbal, semi-verbal, limited-verbal, verbal-flux, and people who are fully verbal but speak in a different way, such as: reversed, in code, in a fictional language, etc.
Source: Coined by Dream Weaver 🌩️
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Amalgamate
System members who embody 3 or more individuals in some way, or system members who are "many of a whole".
Source: Coined by the Infinity System
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Amicative
An introject that's a representation of a relationship (friendship, romantic relationship, etc) between you and another person, whether it's a system member or someone outside your system. These can take any form based on what represents said relationship. The prefix sources from Amica, latin for Friend.
Source: Coined by the Firefly System
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Amitive
An introtive/introject of a member of another system, usually a system that is close to you but not always.
Source: here
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Amnesia
AKA: DF, Dissociative Fugue, DA, Dissociative Amnesia
An inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetting. Dissociative Amnesia most often consists of localised or selective amnesia for a specific event or events; or generalised amnesia for identity and life history.
Source: here
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Amnesian
A system member who suffers from amnesia, anterograde or retrograde.
Source: Coined by The Indigo Orrery
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Amnesian Protector
A system member who fronts in order to facilitate forgetting bad memories. They may or may not be aware of this role.
Source: Coined by The Indigo Orrery.
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-An
AKA: -Ian
Suffixes for terms that describe system members based on certain characteristics, inspired by words like enban (a nonbinary person) and pluran (a plural person).
Source: here
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Anima-mate
AKA: Animotic
A system member that co-fronts or fronts to make the system acknowledge and work through negative emotions or memories instead of repressing or ignoring them. Depending on the intentions of the system member in question, they could be considered a protector or a persecutor, or both simultaneously. In noun form, the system member is an Anima-mate. A system member can also be described as an animotic system member. From animi motus, Latin for "emotion" and anima/animus, Latin for "soul, life, mind, heart, feeling".
Source: Coined by ?quoi collective here
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Antagonist
A system member who deliberately starts arguments. Can be to harm the system's reputation, protect other members of the system or to push away unwanted outsiders.
Source: Coined by The Indigo Orrery.
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Anxieform
A system member who was formed from representations and/or scenarios of another system member's fears.
Source: Coined By Sleepless Podcast and Alphys the Scientific Stalker#4164
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Apparently Normal Part
AKA: ANP
For DID/OSDD-1 systems. This is the identity who manages every day life and does not normally hold trauma memories. There may be more than one ANP managing daily life at any one time, each with different roles. An ANP may be emotionally unconnected to, or amnesiac for, past traumatic events. There is controversy surrounding this term, so it should be used with care and not applied to anyone else without their permission.
Source: here
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Approxive
Similar to: Demi-Fictive
A blanket term for a system member who is partially an introject; someone who is similar or based to another individual or being external to the system, but still identifies partially as someone/something else. Eg: A fogtive or a fuzztive.
Source: Coined by Ommadawn.
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Architect
A system member that controls or manipulates the headspace/innerworld.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Archivist
A system member that keeps records of the body or of the system as a whole. This can be anything from daily activities to newly found memories, etc.
Source: N/A
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Armistive
A "fuck you" term, means that you don't need to know if the person is a fictive/factive/etc.
Source: here
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Artist
AKA: Artisan, Artista, Artiste
A system member who has the most artistic talent. They can also be the only who expresses their artistic talents as opposed to the one with the most talent. These talents can obviously include drawing, painting, and things like that; but, it can also include writing and just anything creative!
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package here
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Arttive
A type of fictive that is a character from a piece of art.
Source: Coined by Suntails || Wolf Pack
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Atemporal
A term describing a headspace that has no discernable flow of time inherent to it.
Source: here
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Autoflux
Members who fluctuate from having their own thoughts, emotions, and identity to none at all, or somewhere in between. This is more common amongst autopilots, fragments, and servitors, but is not exclusive to them. They may go between carrying out simple tasks without thought to having complex emotions and beliefs, for example.
Source: Several Rats, September Sanctuary, and Orion of the Rust&Stardust System
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Autopilot
A system member who inhabits the body and fronts when no one else is. Depending on the system, and the autopilot themselves, autopilots range from not having an identity or personhood, nor feelings or emotions, to actually having such. They may have different reasons for fronting, such as being stressed, dissociated, etc.
Source: N/A
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Autotemporal
Describing a flow of time that is individual to a single person, or a headspace with a flow of time that is different for each system member.
Source: Concept/pitch by Frozen City; Term by the Grey Skies
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Avenger
AKA: Perpetrator
A type of protector system member that is angrier in nature than other protectors, normally but not always as a result of trauma. These protectors tend to hold the anger of the system and/or other system members, and lash out at those outside the system, with intent to protect the system. These protectors can also be referred to as anger holders.
Source: N/A
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Avisum
When system members can’t see headspace for any number of reasons and either can’t interact with it at all or have difficulty doing so.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Backmate
Derived from "Headmate;" A system member that came back from dormancy/stasis.
Source: Coined by T313 | 👁⃤
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Beauheur
A system member whose function is to store happiness and share it amongst other system members.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Big
An adult in a system.
Source: Unknown; in circulation
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Blackout
A type of amnesia. Refers to a system member being unable to remember what occurs while another system member fronts.
Source: N/A
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Blur
A temporary fusion between two or more system members. The blur is usually their own person and all of the system members in the blur have a single consciousness for the duration of the blur.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Blurring
AKA: Blending
A loss of identity at the front. Happens when two or more system members are copresent, but not distinct. It can be caused by too many people being at the front, being co-concious, or having new members in the system.
Source: https://pluralityresource.org/glossary/
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Body
The human body used to interact with the outside.
Source: N/A
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Body-Mind Disconnect
AKA: BMD
The feeling of missing limbs and features that you have in headspace that you lack in front. Similar to astral and phantom limbs.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Brainmate
AKA: Braintive
A system member that is a personification of the system's brain or thought process, often vocalizing thoughts to fronters or being an autopilot.
Source: Coined by 🌌🌠 The Shooting Star Collective 🌠🌌
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Branch
A different area of the headspace that exists on the same layer.
Source: https://greys-dawn.tumblr.com/post/618134343419904000/
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Canon
Refers to the timeline of events that happened in an introject's source material.
Source: N/A
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Caregiver
Used to describe a system member that has the role of comforting the body, system, host, core or other specific system members or groups of system members. They can help by aiding emotionally or physically.
Source: N/A
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Caretaker
An alter who's main job is to take care of or care for a specific alter, usually but not always limited to a child alter. Can help while just in fronting, or fully while in system as well.
Source: Coined by ✨ The Star System ✨
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Celetive
A sysmate that is inspired or based around a holiday, like Halloween or Easter. They may retain the aesthetic of the event, the feelings the system has around it (including trauma memories), or figures associated with the holiday. Based off "celebration".
Source: Redacted of the R&S System and Shruggie & Miku of Dream Weaver🌩️
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Chronotive
An introject of a past version of a person or character. Can be used as chronofictive, chronofactive, etc.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Circutien
A system that goes through regular cycles of gaining and losing members.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network.
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Cluster
A group of system members who have arbitrary but definitively felt similarities that bind them together in some way.
Source: https://iniuriaesystem.tumblr.com/post/186433578645/
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Coach
AKA: Trainer, Mentor
A system member whose role is to make sure the system's body is healthy with a healthy and balanced diet along with good exercise. They will often try to teach other system members about what they know to hopefully gain some help and support from them. Their success rate depends on how much effort other system members are willing to put in to keep up the effort. Some Coaches may also be helpful to system members in the mental health department as well, making sure everyone is mentally healthy or as mentally healthy as possible.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Co-Conscious
AKA: Co-Con
The state of two or more system members being conscious at a time.
Source: N/A
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Co-Front
Used to refer to two or more system members being in the front at a time.
Source: N/A
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Co-Host
A secondary or backup host. Systems can have one, no, or multiple hosts.
Source: N/A
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Collectien
A system without a designated host.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Coltenoir
An emotion funnel, but specifically for anger.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
Related: Emotional Funnel
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Communicator
A system member that communicates other members’ thoughts, boundaries, and emotions on their behalf. May be common in systems that frequently go semi-verbal or nonverbal
Source: N/A
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Communtien
A system that has reached such a size that it no longer acts like a "typical" system, but rather like a community/society in meatspace. This type of system is typically polyfragmented. Eg. The system is organised in a commune.
Source: Coined by The RSDLP system
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Companion
A system member whose purpose or role is to keep other system members company.
Source: N/A
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Component
A system member that makes up a blur.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Congenic
A term used to indicate that someone’s origins are complicated. Can be used as a standalone origin or in conjunction with other origin terms.
Source: https://theinarianhearts.tumblr.com/post/617341008429154304/new-term-congenic
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Consenq
A system member with little emotional capacity who fronts in emergencies to make everything appear normal while everyone else is panicking.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Core
AKA: Original
A system member that is considered by some to be the part first born to the body. Core can also refer to the system member that acts as the central identity in a median system.
Source: http://did-research.org/did/alters/functions.html
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Corpvisum
When system members can view/see and interact with headspace as well as the body interacts with meatspace/the outerworld. Members with the ability to interact with headspace in this way may also be able to do so while in front, but it’s not exclusive to those who can.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Counterweight
A powerful and relatively inactive system member that tips the scales of conflicts without doing much.
Source: Coined by The Academy
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Covert Switch
A switch between system members that is natural and hard to notice at first, alternatively a switch that isn’t forced.
Source: https://meteor-system.tumblr.com/post/615945912571805696/
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Creationform
A system member created, developed, or influenced by the act of creative process. This may include writing, acting, roleplay, drawing, music composition, and many other acts of creation. A textform is a kind of creationform.
Source: Coined by the Sungolden System
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Cycling
When the fronter is rapidly and repeatedly switched out for another system member.
Source: N/A
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Cyctien
A system whose fronting activity goes through a cycle based on new members forming. The main fronters remain until new members form, then those new members become the main fronters, etc.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary and Dödstöld Package
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Cynic
A system member that thinks very negatively, like a Worrier, but wants to disrupt life in someway for other system members or the system as a whole. They may do this because they want other system members to understand or relate to their constant negative emotions or because they have some anger issues or because of a number of other reasons. Their disruptiveness can be "small" things or things that are bigger. It all depends on how disruptive to life they want to be and how disruptive they're allowed to be.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package here
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Default
AKA: Co-Default
An alternate term for Host/Co-Host. A system member who the front always defaults to. They are often considered hosts due to the convenience of frequently being in front. Defaults are often frontstuck or front sticky, but not always.
Source: here
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Dejugan
A system member that holds or experiences intense dissociation. They may numb the body or cause the body to dissociate upon fronting.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary
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Demi-[----]
A prefix meaning partially, for introjects. For example, a demi-fictive is a system member who is only partially a fictive.
Source: N/A
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Demi-Blur
A blur in which one of the components has both the blurred consciousness and their own consciousness. Often formed to provide support and a break from reality for one of the components, to let the other component(s) act for them for a bit.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System here
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Demi-Fictive
An alter who feels partially like a fictive/connected to their fictive identity, but also partially like a separate person as well. Is separate from kinning.
Source: Coined by ✨ The Star System ✨
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Demi-Factive
An alter who feels partially like a factive/connected to their factive identity, but also partially like a separate person as well.
Source: Coined by ✨ The Star System ✨
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Demi-Little
Much like a little, a demi-little is an alter who's alterhood and identity is tied to their age, but their age rests from preteen to late teenhood.
Source: Coined by ✨ The Star System ✨
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Depersonalization Derealization Disorder
AKA: DPDR
The presence of persistent or recurrent experiences of depersonalisation, derealisation or both. *Depersonalisation*: Experiences of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to one's thoughts, feelings, sensations, body, or actions (eg, perceptual alterations, distorted sense of time, unreal or absent self, emotional and/or physical numbing.) *Derealisation*: Experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings (eg, individuals or objects are experienced as unreal, dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted.)
Source: here
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Diachorian
A system member that is emotionally disconnected or amnesic to past traumatic experience that has happened to the system.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary
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Dissociation
An internal disconnect regarding one's thoughts, feelings, memories, history, body, or actions or between one and one's surroundings that manifests as a sense of unreality or as slowed, fuzzy, nonsensical, or disjointed thoughts, emotions, or actions. The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality. Dissociation has many forms, including derealization, depersonalization, daydreaming, passing control of the body to another system member, etc.
Source: here
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Dissociation Manager
A system member who predicts and manages dissociation, sometimes swapping the dissociation from one system member to another.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System here
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
AKA: DID, MPD
A clinical diagnosis characterized by the presence of alters that have the ability to take executive control and are associated with some degree of inter-identity amnesia. Formerly called MPD, Multiple Personality Disorder.
Source: here
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Distemporal
A term describing a headspace with a flow of time that differs from outspace (eg: moves faster or slower than outspace time)
Source: https://greys-dawn.tumblr.com/post/618136427765678080/
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Distive
A system member that started out as introject but became disconnected with that identity due to trauma. They can choose to remain disconnected or attempt to rebuild the connection. Can be added onto other introject types e.g disfictive or disfactive.
Source: here
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Doorkeeper
A system member who controls ability to move throughout the system, often "sealing" or "blocking off" doors or areas through the headspace as a coping mechanism. Also functionally guides alters to the correct areas and spaces in headspace. May or may not be aware of their role, and may pick it up naturally.
Source: ✨ The Star System ✨ , The Forget-Me-Not System
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Dormancy
The state of a system member being unconscious or dormant. This could be short-term or long-term. Stasis is often used to mean a very deep state of dormancy and/or deliberate long term dormancy.
Source: N/A
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Double
A system member that either a.) shares an identity with another system member (eg: two fictives of the same character, regardless of differences between them), or b.) is based mostly/completely off of an existing system member (eg: snapshots, etc).
Source: N/A
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Drama Holder
Another term for "emotional protector", this is a type of protector who specializes in holding negative emotions and keeping them away from others; usually specifically specializes in internet drama/discourse. Sometimes may seek out such things or stir up trouble for fun.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate
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Dreagenic
A system type for when your sleeping dreams affect your plurality in some way. This could be by causing system members based on dreams, dreams showing you more of your headspace, or any other effects.
Source: Coined by Wandering Worlds.
Related: Dreaject
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Dreaject
AKA: Dreamtroject, Dreamtive
An insourced introject that is caused/brought forward by sleeping dreams, commonly in Dreagenic systems.
Source: Dreaject coined by Wandering Worlds, Dreamtive coiner unknown
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Dreamspace
Where you can visit all or a majority of headspace in the place of dreams. Not to be confused with visiting a specific layer of headspace in the dream world.
Source: Coined by The Mind System
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DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The American Psychiatric Association's guidebook of diagnostic labels and criteria that contains information regarding diagnostic features, associated features, prevalence, development and course, risk and prognostic features, culture-related diagnostic issues, gender-related diagnostic issues, suicide risk, functional consequences, differential diagnoses, and comorbidity. The 5th edition (DSM-5) was released in 2013; before this, the revised 4th edition (DSM-IV-TR) was in use.
Source: here
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Echo
Parts of memories, thoughts, feelings, etc shared with another system member or members. This can be done on purpose or on accident, depending on how the system functions.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Element
AKA: Prealter, Integral
A term to retroactively refer to the headmates that make up a fusion.
Source: Coined by the Stargate System
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Éllempiric
A lack of internal communication between members, subsystems, certain groups, etc.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary
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Emotional Funnel
A system member who actively steals/waters down the emotions of other system members. A protector variant.
Source: Coined by the Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Emotional Guardian
A type of Emotional Processor whose job is to manage and either absorb or spread a certain emotion throughout the system.
Source: Coined by Saturn of the Cloud System
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Emotionalist
A system member feels a lot of emotions, but is good at expressing those emotions to others. They are good at advocating their emotions to others as well as advocating for other system members. They also tend to be good at expressing the feelings of the system as a whole to other people as well, whether this be through actions or words.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Emotional Manager
A system member who manages members’ emotions and reactions to a situation, and decides which ones are best suited to deal with it. This may sometimes involve them picking someone who has the emotions they deem helpful in the situation to front, and might sometimes involve the Manager themselves fronting and listening in to the other members’ emotions while handling the situation.
Source: Coined by SCL (Seventh Circle Laboratory#0666)
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Emotional Part
AKA: EP, (More commonly known as Trauma Holder)
For DID/OSDD-1 systems. These alters hold traumatic memory, often being stuck in the sensory experience of the memory and unaware of the passage of time. Tasks involving daily life are managed by ANPs instead, e.g., working, cooking and parenting. Despite their name, some EPs are not emotional. There is controversy surrounding this term, so it should be used with care and not applied to anyone else without their permission.
Source: http://traumadissociation.com/alters
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Emotional Processor
A type of protector whose job is to guide other system members through dealing with their emotions, or to absorb the negative or overwhelming emotions of other system members to process and water them down to make them easier to deal with.
Source: Term coiner unknown, description adapted by Saturn of the Cloud System
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Emotional Residue
Emotions left in the front by a system member who is no longer in the front. These emotions do not belong to any system member, rather, these emotions are "stuck" to the front.
Source: Coined by Cloud Parliament and Anonymous
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-Empiric
A suffix used when referring to experiences, such as communication, memories, and an innerworld.
Source: Coined by Anonymous
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Empiritien
A system who has individuals who represent/are personified function(s) of the system, and/or sections of the system/body/front etc. Eg. a person who is the body, and is also an individual, but is not a member of the system.
Source: Coined by The Miffins Group of Dream Weaver🌩️
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Equitemporal
A term describing a headspace with a flow of time similar or nearly equal to time outspace. Also applies to headspaces with time that moves similar to outspace, but may be slightly off; eg: a headspace with a time flow set 12 hours ahead/behind normal time, but still flows the same as outspace.
Source: https://greys-dawn.tumblr.com/post/618136427765678080/
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Eraser
A system member that purposely takes memories away from others, often for their protection. They fall under the ISH, gatekeeper, and trauma holder categories. Erasers help to keep trauma memories from spreading between sysmates. These are more common with amnesiac systems, like DID.
Source: Headspace Connections; <>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48qOtEcRWs>
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Escutcheon
A system member who is very open with their feelings, but try to put up a shield of sorts so that external forces or internal forces can't hurt them at all or not as much. They're often system members that are normally described as being tough and don't like the idea of being or being seen as vulnerable. They often times will try to detatch themselves from their emotions on some way, especially if any or all other system members are feeling the same or in a similar way to them.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Executioner
Could be a system member who tends to be a bit aggressive or off-putting to others who feels the need to interject themselves into arguments outside of the headspace. They don't try to calm the argument down or come to a compromise, instead they assert themselves into it and say their piece before potentially backing out. However, if the outside person they're arguing with continues arguing as well, they may likely stay in front to continue arguing back. Often, they are inserting themselves into the arguments because they felt personally attacked in some way or the argument or person upset them in some way. Their goal is not to protect themselves or anyone else in the system, but to try to have their feelings and opinions on the matter heard. This can but doesn't have to include system members who may sometimes purposely and personally mess up relationships outside of headspace that they deem "not important", "not worth while", or they believe is somehow harmful to them and maybe even the whole system, even if other system members don't agree that this is the case.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Exolimb
AKA: Phantom Limb
When the body feels as if it's supposed to have (an) extra limb(s) due to the current fronter's extra limbs in headspace, such as wings, tails, and horns.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary and The System With Five Names aka Worldbuilding Limbo aka 2nd 2ight 2eers aka Something Sick Inside (aka Amicable Animals)
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Exomemories
A general term for memories that the body did not experience first hand. Often found with introjects, but not exclusive to them.
Source: Unknown; already in circulation.
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Exopain
When the body experiences pain which resembles a current fronter's pain in headspace.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary and November Sanctuary
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Exorelatian
A system member who deals exclusively with either the system as a whole's relationships or with other system members' relationships to people outside the system. Can deal with any kind of relationship, and is not inherently exclusive to romance.
Source: Jordyn of The Theatre Magistien and Archie#3355
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Exotrauma
Refers to trauma related to events that did not happen to the physical body, such as a fictive who struggles with trauma regarding the events of their canon.
Source: Coined by Anonymous
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Explorer
AKA: Adventurer
A system member that explores headspace. Actively seeks out and identifies new and/or developing areas of the headspace. Can even go as far as to catalogue details about new areas and zones.
Source: ✨ The Star System ✨
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Extranth
AKA: Extranthrope
A nonhuman member in a multiple system; a system member who experiences their body in the headspace being nonhuman. Coined with those in mind who are nonhuman but don't identify as otherkin/alterhuman and want to be more specific in the origin of their nonhumanity; compare to fictive and factive.
Source: https://alt-h.net/educate/glossary.php & https://foggy-collective.tumblr.com/post/612336300571377664/
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Fableing
A facet (in a median system) who is a fictional identity who is somewhere between or adjacent to a fictive and fictionkin.
Source: https://alt-h.net/educate/glossary.php
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Facetroject
A system member who is an introjection of a face. ; A non-introject that formed with the face of a character or person but isn’t that person. ; System members who look like people but aren’t those people
Source: <>https://not-your-introsource.tumblr.com/post/612533065443573760/coined-term-by-mod-pitaya-flag-by-mod-mala>
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Factional
When a system member is from a fictional source but doesn't consider themselves fictional, from a fictional source but doesn't connect at all to their "source-self", introjected from the looks of a character from a fictional source, or a system member who would otherwise be a factive but is so removed from their counterpart that they almost aren't a factive.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Factive
A system member derived from an existing person, such as persons close to the system, popular persons/celebrities, etc. This may also be someone who helped them through trauma or the person/people who caused it.
Source: https://pluralityresource.org/glossary/
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Fantive
An introject from fanfiction and fandom portrayals of characters and people in general. Can be used as a subtype of fictive (or factive, in the case of real person introjects), or as its own term on its own.
Source: Coined by Laurelindórenan Lindelorendor
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Fcktive
AKA: Faitive, F*cktive, Fuctive, Fucktive, Fxctive
A system member that has traits of both fictive and factive.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate, Frozen City System, GreySkies, and the Wanderheart Collective.
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Fictive
A system member who is a person, creature, or race from a fictional source. They may be a specific character or a non-canon character of the same race or world.
Source: https://pluralityresource.org/glossary/
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Fixagenic
AKA: Spingenic
A system who has a lot of members/frequent new forms due to special interests or hyperfixations.
Source: Coined by the Stargate System, slightly changed in definition by ✨ The Star System ✨
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Fixkeeper
AKA: Interest Holder
A system member similar to a gatekeeper and symptom holder (specific to ADHD + Autistic symptoms) who manages and keeps track of hyperfixations and special interests and knowledge pertaining to them within the system.
Source: Coined by Leviathan of the Cloud System
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Fixtive
A system member who forms due to a hyperfixation.
Source: Coined by the Stargate System
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Flare
A large influx of system members in a short amount of time.
Source: Coined by Dream Weaver🌩️
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Fluicorporus
A system member with an unclear or ever-changing physical form in-headspace.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Fluilocus
A system with an unclear or ever-changing headspace/innerworld.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Fluitien
A system without a consistent member count, or a member count that changes frequently.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Fluxtive
An introject that has the ability to swap introjected identities. This can be due to hyperfixating or relating to the character/person and involuntarily swapping, swapping due to trauma, stress, or another third cause, or just because the fluxtive is capable and wanting to swap. The fluxtive may retain memories, attributes, or personality parts of previous introjected identities when swapping.
Source: cloud nine n kou ꒷꒦‧₊˚☁
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Fogtive
Someone who is partially, somewhat, or almost a factive, but factive doesnt seem 'quite right' or 'entirely accurate'. Between or partially factive and something else (the something else may or may not be defined, personal choice).
Source: https://quoipunk.tumblr.com/post/190941560466
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Force Front
When a system member forcibly removes someone from front to take their place. Alternatively when a system member purposefully uses positive, neutral, or negative fronting triggers to bring a specific member to front.
Source: https://meteor-system.tumblr.com/post/615945912571805696/
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Force Switch
When a system member forcibly switches in or out of front due to any number of reasons. Examples: Pos/neu/neg triggers, friends/partners are near, something the system member is working on comes up, etc.
Source: https://meteor-system.tumblr.com/post/615945912571805696/
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Fragment
AKA: Facet, Aspect, Shard
A member of a system who isn't a complete person or is not a fully formed person. A fragment may one day become a complete person, remain the way they are, or even disappear. They may be a piece of another person, part of a median system or subsystem, a chunk broken/split off another person, etc. Servitors are generally thought to be fragments/shards. Members of a median system or subsystem are sometimes called aspects or facets, but almost never fragments or shards.
Source: N/A
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Frijōn
AKA: Friund, Frēond, Chum, Comrade
A system member who's very friendly and wants to be friends with everyone inside and outside of the system. They love to work on group projects and are happiest talking to or making friends!
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Front
The mental space from where a system member controls the body. When in control, a system member can be referred to as "fronting" or "in the front". Also used to describe the space outside of the mind, in contrast to Headspace.
Source: N/A
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Front-Assisted
A system member that cannot come to the front or front without help from other system members or accommodations for them.
Source: Coined by The System With Five Names aka Worldbuilding Limbo aka 2nd 2ight 2eers aka Something Sick Inside (aka Amicable Animals)
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Front Blocked
The state of a system member being unable to front. This can be for any amount of time, ranging from days to indefinitely. They may or may not be able to be co-con during this time, but never fully fronting.
Source: Coined by Wisteria
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Frontflux
A smooth, fluid, continuous shifting of fronters. Could be described as a slower, calmer, smoother version of cycling. May or may not involve blurring and/or dissociation.
Source: Coined by Dorian of Dream Weaver 🌩️
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Front Fussy
When the front seems to be particularly fussy over who fronts, both tossing and pulling members in and out at will until it finds a member of its choosing.
Source: Coined by the Sleepless Podcast and Dödstöld Package
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Fronting Partners
AKA: Frontmates, Front Buddies
Two or more system members in the same system, who usually front together rather than apart. Can also be used in the singular, such as when referring to one's own frontmate.
Source: Front Partners coiner unknown, Frontmates coined by Chaotic Harmony.
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Fronting Room
AKA: Front room, "Living room", Control panel, etc
A place in headspace where system members can go to take the front, often to make organization and knowing who's in front easier.
Source: N/A
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Fronting Roster
A group of system members that consistently front and/or deal with day to day life. Not all members of a fronting roster have to be hosts/co-hosts, it can be any system member with other role/s or system members without one.
Source: Already in circulation
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Frontlock Averse
When a system member or a select handful system members aren't affected by any sort of frontlock and still can go into front/the control room when the frontstuck system member isn't there. Their ability to fully front and do things with the body during this timeframe fluxuates and may depend on the system member(s) themselves and how their innerworld works.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Frontlocked
When front is "locked" or inaccessible to other system members when a frontstuck system member isn't in front/the control room. This may also extend to the frontstuck person not being able to leave to go to sleep at night if others are still in front/the control room with them.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Frontrunner
A system member who habitually occupies the front position or is accustomed to doing so.
Source: http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.html
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Front Sealed
When the system member/s in front is/are completely incapable of communication with the rest of the system. Often goes hand-in-hand with being frontstuck, but not necessarily.
Source: Coined by Anonymous
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Front Sickness
When it becomes hard for a system member to front and they may get tired, dizzy, or easily frustrated. Can also cause symptoms of other mental illnesses to be increased.
Source: Coined by the Kataclysmos Apeiro
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Front Slippery
When a system member is continuously drawn away from front. A system member that is front slippery is only able to hold front for a short amount of time, even if they want to stay in front for longer. Unlike Front Blocked, they are able to front, but only for limited amounts of time.
Source: Coined by Wisteria
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Front Soup
A mixed front where its difficult/hard to tell who's who. Blurry plus. Can result in large numbers in front at the same time.
Source: N/A
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Front Stew
A variant on Front Soup in which everything is the same. but it is known who's all there, and everyone is still individual/distinct, just all jammed into front at once.
Source: Coined by Our Worlds End Gate🍳#4915
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Front Sticky
AKA: Frontprone
When someone is continuously drawn to front, no matter how many times they leave. When front seems to want someone, and they keep getting pulled back to front even when they don't want to be. Unlike front stuck, they can leave for small periods of time, even if it's uncomfortable, or they're pulled back quickly.
Source: https://not-your-introsource.tumblr.com/post/614484170614407168/ & Frontprone coined by Sky Squad
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Frontstuck
The state of a system member being unable to leave front. This can be for many reasons, and being frontstuck can last any period of time, from days to infinitely. Other system members may or may not simultaneously be co-fronting or co-conscious.
Source: N/A
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Front Trigger
The people, places, things, ideas, and scenarios that may cause a system member to front.
Source: https://meteor-system.tumblr.com/post/615945912571805696/
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Front Yeety
When the front seems to reject everyone, yeeting system members around as it pleases.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate
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Full-Verbal
AKA: FV
A term similar to how asexual people use "allo" for non-aces, and how autistic people use "allistic" for non-autistics. It means someone who does not have verbality issues, i.e is not non-verbal, semi-verbal, etc.
Source: N/A
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Fused Cluster
A group of shards/fragments which are fused to the point where they share one mind and either share one headspace body or are tightly packed into a loosely spherical structure. However, the individual shards frequently try to break out and when they do, they are very unstable. Fused Clusters are very similar to The Cluster from Steven Universe.
Source: Stelar Quiroz (https://linktr.ee/goticointerestelar)
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Fustive
A type of double; a member based on a temporary fusion of two or more system members.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary
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Fuzztive
Someone who is partially, somewhat, or almost a fictive, but fictive doesnt seem 'quite right' or 'entirely accurate'. Between or partially fictive and something else (the something else may or may not be defined, personal choice).
Source: https://quoipunk.tumblr.com/post/190941560466
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Gatekeeper
A gatekeeper is a system member who controls switching, access to certain areas inside the headspace, or access to certain system members or memories.
Source: http://did-research.org/did/alters/functions.html
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Gatherer
A system member who goes out into the system and gathers items/necessities for the in-system world/controls the formation and "gathering" of needed items in the headspace (ie: clothes for new alters, food, etc, depending on what the innerworld needs.)
Source: ✨ The Star System ✨
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Gathermate
A system member who accompanies/secondarily aids the gatherer(s).
Source: ✨ The Star System ✨
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Gaytive
AKA: Gaitive, MOGAI-tive
A gay or a general LGBTQ/MOGAI version of an introject.
Source: Gaitive/Gaytive coined by Dödstöld Package, MOGAI-tive coined by the Sleepless Podcast
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Glacitien
A system with an extremely stable member count; a system that gains or loses members rarely.
Source: Coined by Polybius Network
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Groundskeeper
A member responsible for maintaining, repairing and making alterations to the headspace when needed.
Source: The Indigo Orrery
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Group
A group of system members within a system or subsystem that stick together and spend time around each other almost exclusively. They may often front together, and they might live together or near each other in headspace.
Source: N/A
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Guardian
A system member who protects the system from internal threats like violent persecutors and fighting within the system.
Source: N/A
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Headspace
AKA: Innerworld
A place where system members reside while not fronting. It can be considered a mental space or another realm altogether. Not all systems have a headspace.
Source: https://pluralityresource.org/glossary/
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High Verbality
AKA: HIGHV
A spectrum and descriptor term, generally for limited-verbal and semi-verbal, when you have words but not enough for full sentences type of semi-verbal. Can be used in conjunction with other shortened terms, such as HIGHV-NV to denote someone is high verbality non-verbal.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate
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Hive
A group of two or more sysmates that are distinct as individuals, but prefer functioning as one mind. They're similar to a collective character in media.
Source: Ommadawn and the Stupid Stardust System
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Horaetien
A system that, like the earth, breathes, going through "seasons", or states in the system where in "winter/autumn" it feels cold, stagnant and the members condense together, in some cases going dormant or temporarily fusing, causing a decline in the population/activity, and in "summer/spring" the system thaws and there is a mass expansion/awakening/boom of population/activity.
Source: Coined by the Sleepless Podcast and Ommadawn.
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Horrortive
A system member that is introjected/innerjected from a horror genre. Can also be applied to members that feel they have the aesthetic or demeanor of a horror franchise character. Most often used to describe the "villain" or "monster" in a horror setting, but can be applied to main/side "good" protagonists as well.
Source: Coined by Wandering Worlds
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Host
A system member who inhabits the front most of the time, or is most responsible for daily life. Systems can have one, no, or multiple hosts. The host may or may not also be the core/original.
Source: N/A
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Hover
(Similar to Caretakers)
A system member whose job it is to "hover" or watch over other system members in co-consciousness for a multitude of reasons. They usually are present when a younger/more unstable member is in the front and is either frontstuck or simply adjusting to the outside world.
Source: Coined by Tion Gang
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Hygenist
A system member who makes sure that the body is kept clean and well-maintained in the hygiene department. They may do this by taking front when needed, at (a) certain time(s), once a day, and/or by keeping up with what other system members are doing while in front to make sure they do their part as well.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Hyperérosian
A system member who is hypersexual possibly from suppressed sexual desires, abuse, trauma, or for other reasons. Inclusive of aspec system members but not exclusive to them. This term is a self-identifier and should not be used to refer to others without their consent.
Source: Coined by the Sleepless Podcast
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Hyperludusian
A system member who is hyperromantic due to trauma, suppressed romantic desires, emotional abuse, or any other reason. Not exclusive to alloromantic folks! This term is one that should not be used without the system member's consent, as it is self-identifier only. Based on the Greek term "ludus", a type of playful and flirtatious love, & "hyperérosian".
Source: Coined by The Sleepless Podcast and Redacted of the Rust&Stardust System
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Hypernumeren
A system with 1000 or more members. Can be combined with quoinumeren for when the total factors in unknown but estimated members.
Source: Coined by Liamath of the Magistien of Cormyr
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Hypersubplural
Describing a system made mostly of subsystems.
Source: Coined by the Grey Skies, with help from several rats.
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Idemlenguian
A system member who speaks the same language(s) as the majority of the system, or the languages the body knows. From the Latin "Idem" for "same".
Source: Stelar Quiroz (https://linktr.ee/goticointerestelar)
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Imagitive
A system member that started off as an imaginary friend, but ended up introjecting into the system as a member.
Source: Coined by Statik from the Woodlands Clique
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Inerflux
A member that frequently fluctuates in and out of dormancy.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary
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Inflanumeren
A system with a rapidly growing member count, that rarely or never decreases in count or loses members.
Source: Coined by Liamath of the Magistien of Cormyr
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Influend
A system member who is projected onto/influenced by other system members as a means of communicating thoughts, feelings, etc.
Source: Coined by Against All Odds
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Influenspace
A type of system headspace that is easily influenced by ideas and outside sources. A simple story prompt can create an event in headspace that can lead to system members getting hurt or gaining new experiences. This can also fit for introjecting new system members, malicitors or protectors by imagining scenarios that involve them.
Source: Coined by 🌌🌠 The Shooting Star Collective 🌠🌌
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Inner-ject
A system member who is insourced; with a canon that is separate from any real or fictional sources.
Source: Coined by Laurelindórenan Lindelorendor
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Insourced
A descriptor term for an introject from a source the system created.
Source: N/A
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Integration
Can be seen as the fusion/merging of system members, or the removal of dissociative barriers between system members. This term can be a sensitive topic for many systems, and helpful for other systems, so this topic should be brought up with care.
Source: http://did-research.org/treatment/integration.html
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Internal Self Helper
AKA: ISH
A system member who holds vast amounts of knowledge about the system, system members, trauma, and/or internal workings. May or may not also be a Gatekeeper.
Source: http://did-research.org/did/alters/functions.html
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Intersystem
A term used to describe anything that occurs between two or more systems.
Source: N/A
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Intersystem Dating
When two or more system members date.
Source: N/A
Related: Partner systems
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Intragentive
Can mean two things. 1. A system member who is cisgender in the innerworld, living in a transgender body. (e.g. a cisgender male in headspace living in a trans FTM body.) 2. A system member whose sex in the innerworld does not align with the body's sex. Variations: Intragentive male, Intragentive female, etc.
Source: Coined by Statik from the Woodlands Clique
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Intra-layer
AKA: Intrastrata
A layer modeled after another system or another systems layer, like introjecting but a place/narrative/populace.
Source: Intra-layer coined by Frozen City System, Intrastrata coining post: https://greys-dawn.tumblr.com/post/623220514774761472/layer-terms
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Intrarelatian
A system member who deals exclusively with relationships between other system members. Can deal with any kind of relationship, and is not inherently exclusive to romance.
Source: Jordyn of The Theatre Magistien and Archie#3355
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Intraromantic
When you only feel romantic attraction to those in your headspace(s) / in your system.
Source: N/A
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Intrasexual
When you only feel sexual attraction to those in your headspace(s) / in your system.
Source: N/A
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Intrasinglet
A term to describe system members who are not part of a subsystem.
Source: Coined by Petrichor System (https://petrichorvoices.tumblr.com/)
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Intrastataic
A subsection of polyfragmentation for polyfragmented systems with many/mostly intra-layers.
Source: Coined by Frozen City System
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Intrasystem
Anything concerning people or things within the system as opposed to outside of the system. Usually used in conjunction with other words to describe how the system or member interacts with specific people or things.
Source: N/A
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Intrasystem Dating
When members within the same system date.
Source: N/A
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Intratrauma
Trauma sustained through in-system interaction and/or in headspace. This may include various traumas such as system member interactions, a persecutor hurting the body, or harrowing experiences in headspace regardless of the involvement of other system members.
Source: Coined by The Sungolden System
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Introject
An umbrella term for any system member that is based off of an abuser, family member, caretaker, or a historical, popular/famous, or fictional figure, etc. Includes, but is not limited to, fictives and factives.
Source: http://did-research.org/home/glossary.html
Related: Fictive, Factive
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Isometric
Coined for Adaptive (traumagenic) systems, but not exclusive. Based off of crystal formation. System members grow from fragments that either form from pressure and heat (stress and trauma) or are broken off of other system members. Multiple fragments can grow into one crystal cluster (system member) or they can grow their own crystal cluster individually.
Source: https://thevoyagesystem.tumblr.com/post/621835459573710848/
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Jack of All Trades
A system member who performs a wide range of roles or has an ever fluctuating role.
Source: Coined by September Sanctuary
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Janusian
A system member who can function as both a protector and/or a persecutor depending on the situation.
Source: Coined by ♤ The Lemon Boys ♤
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Janusmate
AKA: Janmate
System members who embody duality in some way, or system members who are "two halves of a whole".
Source: https://theinarianhearts.tumblr.com/post/616766386068488193/
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Jester
A system member whose main purpose is to try to make others happy, often through humor and/or wit.
Source: Coined by the Musical Hub
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Jokestar
A system member who's a jokester and looovveess being the centre of attention! Depending on their personality, they may be very helpful to a system's Optimist. However, they can also tend to make jokes in a wrong situation. Some may even make a lot of dark jokes when they think it fits a situation, even if it may not always be the best time to joke or best thing to joke about. Their contribution really depends on their other personality traits and how much they yearn to be the centre of attention.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Kinform
A kintype that became a system member.
Source: https://foggy-collective.tumblr.com/post/612336300571377664/
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Kroppens Ursprung
AKA: Kär, Tera, Ker
Sort of a synonym for “original” or “core” but wherein no system members split from them and they just happen to be the first to control or enter the body.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Layer
Separate headspaces within the headspace. Certain system members may reside within different layers.
Source: N/A
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Layer Manipulator
A system member that causes changes within a layer: modifying the look of a layer, the "reality" of that layer, who lives in that layer (permanently or temporarily), blending layers, or allowing traveling between layers, among other things. It can be purposeful or accidental, and can "break" or mess up headspace or layers. This may or may not return to normal when not in their presence.
Source: Several Rats and Redacted of R&S System
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Leader
One or more system members that lead an area of system organization, whether that be a layer, group, or other section of the system.
Source: Coined by The Grey Skies
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Lenguian
A system member who was either created for the purpose of learning/speaking one or more languages, or whose identity is strongly linked to the language(s) they speak. From the Spanish "Lengua" for "language/tongue".
Source: Stelar Quiroz (https://linktr.ee/goticointerestelar)
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Limit Breaker
A specific type of protector, who overrides bodily or mental limitations in order to protect the system or otherwise accomplish a necessary task.
Source: The Inarian Hearts (<>https://theinarianhearts.tumblr.com/post/627641734139166720/another-plural-terminology-dump-yes-we-use-all>)
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Limited-Verbal
AKA: LV
A term used to describe people who are technically fully verbal, but their usage of their words is limited. Some examples include: an autistic person communicating only in scripts, someone who only uses one word at a time, or someone who communicates via typed actions.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate
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Little
AKA: Syskid
A system member usually under the age of 10 or 12, AKA a child alter.
Source: N/A
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Littlex
A non-explicit term for a little or age-slider who holds trauma with adult themes (such as, but not limited to, drug use, violence, or sex). These system members are still littles, this term is just meant to give them a way to define their role in-system without identifying with adult words. Littlex is its own plural. Can also be called Rkid, littlexx, and Rlittle, and any variant of this term can be applied to middles as well (such as middlex). Note: it's not required that the trauma happened to the body, it can be exotrauma too.
Source: Coined by Bee of the Glamour System and Auctor from 🌌🌠 The Shooting Star Collective 🌠🌌
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Lone Wolf
AKA: Loner
A system member that sticks to themself. They may or may not be close with only a select number of system member or they may be close with most everyone in the system. However, they don't tend to front much and don't like interacting internally or externally in big groups. When they do front, they often like to do so alone (not co-fronting) and don't engage externally with many people unless necessary. Just because they like to be alone, though, doesn't mean they can't contribute to the system or that they don't have a lot to contribute.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package (http://dodstoldsystem.tumblr.com)
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Lostmate
A system member that is unaware of being part of a system.
Source: Coined by The System With Five Names aka Worldbuilding Limbo aka 2nd 2ight 2eers aka Something Sick Inside (aka Amicable Animals)
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Low Verbality
AKA: LOWV
A spectrum and descriptor term, generally for non-verbal and semi-verbal, when you have maybe a hundred or so words max but you're not fully non-verbal. Can be used in conjunction with other shortened terms, such as LOWV-SV to denote someone is low verbality semi-verbal.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate
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Main
AKA: Center, Primary
Different from host, in they don't actually have to front that much. The main people or person that everyone basically draws energy from, or they feel more like leaders, or teachers, or in some cases like the system charges that you take care of. Usually someone that nearly everyone in system thinks of as a defacto leader, or who simply feels like someone that is a Main Person. There can be multiple mains.
Source: https://not-your-introsource.tumblr.com/post/614484170614407168/
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Malicitor
A system member who is actively malicious, rarely with the intention to genuinely help the system. They may target those within and outside their system and can administer their abuse in a variety of ways. Although it's absolutely possible for them to change, they often refuse to. The term was coined as an alternative to malicious persecutor and hopefully lift some of the poor reputation off persecutors as a whole; however, it has sparked controversy due to people using it to label people as irredeemable, but this is not what the term is meant to describe. This term is a self-label and should not be applied to a person without their consent.
Source: Coined by Neptune's Sanctuary#8419
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Mapper
A system member that maps out and charts the headspace, whether that be physically or internally.
Source: Coined by Wandering Worlds
Related to: Archivist, Explorer
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Masked
A system that acts or is covert. It is difficult to distinguish the fronters of a masked system unless they explicitly tell you because of the "mask". (The 🎭 emoji can be used to indicate that someone is a masked system.)
Source: https://theinarianhearts.tumblr.com/post/616766386068488193/
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Masked-Verbal
AKA: MV
A term used to describe people who are non-verbal, semi-verbal, limited-verbal, or even verbal-flux, but try to force themselves to be fully verbal in order to "pass". It can be a result of abuse, or bullying, or anything.
Source: Coined by Our World's End Gate
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Maskless
A system that acts or is overt. It is easier to distinguish fronters because there is no "mask" preventing fronters from acting as themselves.
Source: https://theinarianhearts.tumblr.com/post/616766386068488193/
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Median
AKA: Midcontinuum
A system with members who are not inherently independent from each other, and are sometimes dependent on a single individual and unable to exist without that central person. The lack of independence can be mutual in that there is no central individual. Often consists of members who all identify as "aspects" or "facets" of one central identity, which may be a single member or may be a sort of average identity of the group. Very reminiscent of an OSDD-1A system.
Source: Modified for different usage.
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Medic
Someone within the system who deals with Physical medical issues within the system, like injuries and the likes.
Source: Galactic System ( Galactic✨#0420)
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Medical Caretaker
A system member that deals with and takes care of medical procedures, schedules, and/or memories for a chronically ill or disabled system.
Source: The Sn'ystem http://the-snystem.tumblr.com
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Memetive
An introject from/of a meme.
Source: <>https://cluster-brains.tumblr.com/post/629433361995268096>
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Memorempiric
When another system member is mindful or aware of the memories, experiences, etc of another system member or members. They don’t share the memories or experiences, they just know about them and are likely more adept at helping said member(s) with traumatic or otherwise stressful memories, experiences, etc.
Source: Coined by Dödstöld Package
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Merging
AKA: Fusion
The fusion of two or more system members, whether permanent or temporary. This term can be a sensitive topic for many systems, and helpful for other systems, so this topic should be brought up with care.
Source: N/A
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Messenger
A system member who has the ability to communicate across layers, or less specifically, somehow helps other system members communicate with each other.
Source: Coined by Spiral
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Metafactive
A factive of another system's factive.
Source: Coined by the Stargate System
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Metafictive
A factive of another system's fictive.
Source: Coined by the Stargate System
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Metaject
AKA: Metative
An introject of an introject.
Source: Coined by Cloud Parliament
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Meta-Source
The source of an introject that a system member is an introject of.
Source: Coined by Cloud Parliament
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Middle
AKA: Systeen, Demi-Little
A system member who is a teenager, between Little and adult.
Source: N/A
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Mimic
A system member whose job it is to mimic another member of the system, most commonly the host.
Source: Coined by The Wicked System
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Mixtive
A fusion of two introjects who has components/a mixture of each of the identities of their elements.
Source: Coined by the Stargate System
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Moneotien
A system where one member fronts almost all of the time and other members act as advisors when they’re not fronting. This does not mean they never front, just that they are not as likely to. A Moneotien system would usually have one member front at least 80% of the time, though this is not a hard and fast rule.
Source: https://terms-by-astrophel.carrd.co/
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Mortemate
A sysmate / alter who is deceased, and may take the form of a ghost or spirit. Mortemates are not inherently religious or metaphysical; rather, they are simply sysmates / alters who have already passed. Often trauma holders and / or introjects, they may hold feelings of an environment so bad they felt as if the body was dying, or represent an escape; in some cases, they may hold memories of their own death.
Source: Redacted of the Rust&Stardust System
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Mostive
A system member who is an introject of a character that another member of the system created, especially for a tabletop roleplaying game or similar. The defining trait is that the character was created from scratch or close to it, rather than altered from an already existing character. From the Latin "mos" meaning "customize".
Source: https://terms-by-astrophel.carrd.co/
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Multifictive
AKA: Polyfictive
A fictive who has more than two/three fictional identities.
Source: https://iniuriaesystem.tumblr.com/post/186433578645/
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Multiorbital
AKA: Multicore
A term used to refer to a system with multiple "cores"; (ie: Hosts of subsystems, broken off layers, etc.)
Source: ✨ The Star System ✨
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Muse
AKA: Songtive
An introject based on or heavily influenced by a song, genre or specific artists style.
Source: Coined by the Aesthetic System
Related to: Specifict
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Myctive
An introject from mythology or religion. May or may not include pop-culture pagan figures as well.
Source: Coined by Laurelindórenan Lindelorendor
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Myrianumeren
A system with ten thousand or more members. Can be combined with quoinumeren (forming quoimyrianumeren) for when the total factors in unknown but estimated members.
Source: Coined by Liamath of the Magistien of Cormyr
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