Gender

EnglishModificar

EtymologyModificar

From Middle English < Middle French gendre/genre < Latin genus (“‘kind, sort’”).

PronunciationModificar

• (RP) IPA: /ʤɛndə/
• (US) IPA: /ʤɛndɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

NounModificar

1. (obsolete) A division between classes or kinds. E.g., the common gender. Patrono:Rfex
2. The mental analog of sex: one's maleness, femaleness, etc., as seen from their own perspective.
   • Susan's gender is neither male nor female; ze identifies as two-spirit.
3. A socio-cultural phenomenon that divides people into various categories such as "male" and "female," with each having associated dress, roles, stereotypes, etc.
   • Gender in Western society is often viewed as a binary entity, with only males & females.
4. (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common.

Derived termsModificar

• agender
• bigender
• cisgender
• gender binary
• gender continuum
• gender dysphoria
• gendered
• gender expression
• genderfluid
• genderfuck
• gender identity
• gender identity disorder (GID)
• genderism
• gender presentation
• genderqueer (GQ)
• gender role
• gender spectrum
• gender studies
• gender-variant
• third gender
• transgender (TG)

See alsoModificar

• androgyne
• crossdresser
• female
• feminine
• hijra
• kathoey
• male
• man
• masculine
• neuter
• two-spirit
• transsexual
• woman

TranslationsModificar

VerbModificar

1. to engender

TranslationsModificar

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