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gender

gen·der

UK/ɡənˈdɛː(r)/ US/ˈd͡ʒɛndə/ fairly common

noun

1.

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness

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2.

the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles

  • “she didn”
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Origin

From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun. Displaced native Old English hād (“sex, gender”).

Phrases

  • common gender
  • fourth gender
  • gender affirmation surgery
  • gender asterisk
  • gender baiting
  • gender bender
  • gender binary
  • gender-affirming surgery

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