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nonsexist

American  
[non-sek-sist] / nɒnˈsɛk sɪst /

adjective

  1. not showing prejudice on the basis of gender.

    nonsexist language in business letters.

  2. not suggesting, advocating, or involving traditional stereotypes regarding what is appropriate for or exclusive to males or females.

    nonsexist toys for children.


nonsexist British  
/ nɒnˈsɛksɪst /

adjective

  1. not discriminating on the basis of sex, esp not against women

"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

Etymology

Origin of nonsexist

non- + sexist


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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

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

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 text tries a little too hard to be nonsexist, but the photographs are pleasing and the lessons are painless.

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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