English Explanatory Dictionary

gender-neutral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.
  2. Used by or intended for people of any gender; not restricted to (only one) gender; available to all genders.
  3. Of words, phrasing, etc.: not indicating or referring to (only one) gender.
  4. In particular, in languages where words are assigned to one grammatical gender or another: lacking such an assignment.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

gender-neutral more gender-neutral most gender-neutral genderneutral gender neutral

Etymology

Compound of gender + neutral.

Synonyms

gender-inclusive genderless gendy nooch non-gendered ungendered unisex epicene

Antonyms

gender-specific

Related words

common gender

Derived words

gender neutrality gender-neutralize gender-neutrally gendy nooch

Translations

Danish: kønsneutral Dutch: genderneutraal Esperanto: genroneŭtrala Finnish: sukupuolineutraali French: unigenre Georgian: გენდერ-ნეიტრალური Georgian: გენდერულად ნეიტრალური German: geschlechtsneutral German: unisex Korean: 성중립적 Norwegian Bokmål: kjønnsnøytral Norwegian Nynorsk: kjønnsnøytral Russian: ге́ндерно-нейтра́льный Swedish: könsneutral
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