gender-neutral
Americanadjective
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noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only.
Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
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using words wherever appropriate that are free of reference to gender.
gender-neutral language.
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relating to, intended for, or common to any gender.
a nursery decorated with gender-neutral colors.
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noting or relating to a person of neutral gender, neither male nor female.
raising a gender-neutral child to avoid gender stereotypes.
Example Sentences
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She believes that good signage and, where appropriate, ensuring that a gender-neutral space is available are important.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
This is one of her takeaways from interviewing women who make at least $775,000 a year, but the premise is gender-neutral.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Kingsnorth said the gender-neutral dressing room design was not mandated by state or federal restrictions but was a priority for the city’s Recreation and Parks Department.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
One page shows Kate in a gender-neutral bathroom, saying, “My friends defend my choices and place. A bathroom, like all rooms, should be a safe space.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025
Whewell’s motive for raising the issue in print in 1834 may partly have been that ‘scientist’, unlike ‘man of science’, is a gender-neutral term—he was reviewing a book by the science writer Mary Somerville.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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