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- [jen-der]
- /ˈdʒɛn dər/
- /ˈdʒen.dər/
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- [jen-der]
- /ˈdʒɛn dər/
Definitions of gender word
- noun gender either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior: the feminine gender. Compare sex (def 1). 1
- noun gender a similar category of human beings that is outside the male/female binary classification and is based on the individual's personal awareness or identity. See also third gender. 1
- noun gender Grammar. (in many languages) a set of classes that together include all nouns, membership in a particular class being shown by the form of the noun itself or by the form or choice of words that modify, replace, or otherwise refer to the noun, as, in English, the choice of he to replace the man, of she to replace the woman, of it to replace the table, of it or she to replace the ship. The number of genders in different languages varies from 2 to more than 20; often the classification correlates in part with sex or animateness. The most familiar sets of genders are of three classes (as masculine, feminine, and neuter in Latin and German) or of two (as common and neuter in Dutch, or masculine and feminine in French and Spanish). one class of such a set. such classes or sets collectively or in general. membership of a word or grammatical form, or an inflectional form showing membership, in such a class. 1
- noun gender Archaic. kind, sort, or class. 1
- noun gender Although it is possible to define gender as “sex,” indicating that the term can be used when differentiating male creatures from female ones biologically, the concept of gender, a word primarily applied to human beings, has additional connotations—more rich and more amorphous—having to do with general behavior, social interactions, and most importantly, one's fundamental sense of self. Until recently, most people assumed that acknowledging one's gender, or sex, was easy. You just checked the appropriate box on a standard form, choosing either “male” or “female,” according to the gender you had been assigned at birth based on visible anatomical evidence. But some people's internal sense of who they are does not correspond with their assigned gender. And in fact, we now recognize that a complex spectrum between male and female exists not only mentally, psychologically, and behaviorally, but also anatomically; there have always been biologicallyintersex people. Gender identity is complicated. Some people, perhaps most, do not question their assigned gender. But others perceive themselves as belonging to the opposite sex. Still others, some of whom identify themselves as genderqueer see themselves as neither male nor female, or perhaps as both, or as rotating between genders, or even as not belonging to any gender categorization at all. Those who clearly see themselves as the opposite sex may or may not want to transition to it in some measure. Of those who do, some may complete that transition, but others may be happy to stop partway on a path that can include dressing and behaving like the opposite sex, although the desire to cross-dress can exist quite apart from issues of gender identity. Somewhere along the transitional path people may want to change their given names and adopt linguistic terms of their own choosing, including a variety of pronouns, as designations of themselves and others. Some will have hormone treatments and opt for various kinds of surgery—perhaps facial, perhaps on their bodies, perhaps ultimately including sex “reassignment” surgery (genital reconstruction). At any point, they may welcome or reject a “transsexual” or “transgender” label. This array of life experiences has resulted in a veritable explosion of new, or newly adapted, vocabulary. Particularly striking and useful is the word cis or prefix cis- as in cis male, cis female, and cisgender, designating those whose sense of self matches their assigned gender. Using cis is a way to refer to these individuals without implying that “cis” people are the norm and all others a deviation from “normal.” It is notable that choices of gender beyond male and female are even appearing on social media sites. Clearly, gender is no longer a simple binary concept, if it ever was. 1
- noun gender (in languages such as Latin, Greek, Russian, and German) Each of the classes (typically masculine, feminine, common, neuter) of nouns and pronouns distinguished by the different inflections that they have and require in words syntactically associated with them. Grammatical gender is only very loosely associated with natural distinctions of sex. 1
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Origin of gender
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Middle French gendre, genre < Latin gener- (stem of genus) kind, sort
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Gender
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gender popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gender usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gender
noun gender
- feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- neuter — Grammar. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. (of a verb) intransitive.
- gender-specific — for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females: Left-handedness is not gender-specific.
general gender
- womanliness — like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
- womanhood — the state of being a woman; womanly character or qualities.
Antonyms for gender
noun gender
- misgender — to refer to or address (a person, especially one who is transgender) with a pronoun, noun, or adjective that inaccurately represents the person's gender or gender identity: At first my teacher misgendered me.
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See also
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