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Gendered

To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

📖 Definitions of "Gendered"

verb
  1. 1

    To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

  2. 2

    To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

verb
  1. 1

    To engender.

  2. 2

    To breed.

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a language) Having grammatical gender.

    "Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine."

  2. 2

    Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.

    "His clothes were highly gendered."

  3. 3

    Divided by gender.

    "In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles."

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