gendered

American

[jen-derd] / ˈdʒɛn dərd /

adjective

characteristic of, suited to, or biased toward one gender.

gendered diapers.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“The gaudiness thing, I think it is gendered in a weird way,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

There are no gendered teams, nor any discrimination based on species.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

So gendered beliefs about what makes a good mom cannot be a legislative or legal strategy.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2025

It allows women to "detach from gendered realities", which they often associate with marriage and motherhood.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

And this highlights a theme that runs through almost every Soviet female soldier’s story of the Great Patriotic War: War is gendered, and it is not feminine.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023