Gender Definition
gender
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English
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From Middle English, from Middle French gendre/genre, from Latin genus (“kind, sort”).
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ʤɛndə/
- (US) IPA: /ʤɛndɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)
Noun
gender (plural genders)
- (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.
- (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds.
- The mental analog of sex: one's maleness, femaleness, etc., as seen from their own perspective.
- Susan's gender is neither male nor female; ze identifies as two-spirit.
- A socio-cultural phenomenon that divides people into various categories such as "male" and "female," with each having associated dress, roles, stereotypes, etc.
- Gender in Western society is often viewed as a binary entity, with only males & females.
Derived terms
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See also
- androgyne
- crossdresser
- female
- feminine
- hijra
- kathoey
- male
- man
- masculine
- neuter
- two-spirit
- transsexual
- woman
Verb
gender (third-person singular simple present genders, present participle gendering, simple past and past participle gendered)
- to engender
Translations
engender
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Dutch
Etymology
From English gender.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɣɛn.dər/, /ˈdʒɛn.dər/
Noun
gender c. (plural genders)
- gender (mental analog of sex)
Usage notes
Dutch lacks words to distinguish gender from sex, using the words geslacht or sekse to encompass both concepts. The term gender in Dutch has been recently introduced for cases when a clear distinction is needed, such as in the distinction between transgender (feeling oneself to be different from one's birth sex) and transsexual (having or desiring the sexual organs of the sex opposite to those one had at birth).
Related terms
- genderdysforie
- transgender
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