nonsexist
Americanadjective
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not showing prejudice on the basis of gender.
nonsexist language in business letters.
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not suggesting, advocating, or involving traditional stereotypes regarding what is appropriate for or exclusive to males or females.
nonsexist toys for children.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nonsexist
Example Sentences
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As a comparison, other subjects read a series of nonsexist and sexist stories not involving humor.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2014
But since she tuned out her six-piece rock group for a full orchestra, touring has become a nonsexist family affair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Republican Senator Howard A. Denis of Montgomery County has taken up the women's cause, urging that a special commission search for a nonsexist alternative.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second was Oxford Zoologist Sir Alister Hardy, an authority on plankton who thought up a nonsexist version of aquatic evolution about a dozen years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though your nonsexist intentions are good, your grammar isn’t—not today, anyway.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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