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gender

2
[ jen-der ]
/ ˈdʒɛn dər /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic. to engender.
Obsolete. to breed.

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genappe, genappe yarn, genck, gendarme, gendarmerie, gender, gender bender, gender binary, gender dysphoria, gender equality, gender expression

Origin of gender

2
1300–50; Middle English gendren, genderen < Middle French gendrer < Latin generāre to beget, derivative of genus gender1, genus
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for gendering

  • Lizzie Crocker reports on the ‘code of masculinity’ and why the gendering of violence may be the key to preventing massacres.

    Why Men Commit Mass Murders|Lizzie Crocker|July 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for gendering

gender
/ (ˈdʒɛndə) /

noun

a set of two or more grammatical categories into which the nouns of certain languages are divided, sometimes but not necessarily corresponding to the sex of the referent when animateSee also natural gender
any of the categories, such as masculine, feminine, neuter, or common, within such a set
informal the state of being male, female, or neuter
informal all the members of one sexthe female gender

Derived forms of gender

genderless, adjective

Word Origin for gender

C14: from Old French gendre, from Latin genus kind
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for gendering

gender
[ jĕn′dər ]

n.

The sex of an individual, male or female, based on reproductive anatomy.
Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Cultural definitions for gendering

gender

A grammatical category indicating the sex, or lack of sex, of nouns and pronouns. The three genders are masculine, feminine, and neuter. He is a masculine pronoun; she is a feminine pronoun; it is a neuter pronoun. Nouns are classified by gender according to the gender of the pronoun that can substitute for them. In English, gender is directly indicated only by pronouns.

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