genderism
Americannoun
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Also called gender binarism. the belief that there are only two genders, that a person’s gender is fixed at birth, and that gender expression is determined by gender assigned at birth.
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Also called gender ideology. the belief that gender is socially constructed and multifaceted, as opposed to biologically determined and binary.
Etymology
Origin of genderism
First recorded in 1960–65; gender 1 ( def. ) + -ism ( def. )
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