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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Those lyrics, by the way, were altered 20 years ago to be gender-neutral.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Last week, Weir submitted the amendment again, this time with more gender-neutral language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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
Sasha explained that there were other choices besides he and she, choices like it, or they, or more recently invented gender-neutral pronouns like ne, ve, and ze or xe.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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