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Meaning
Noun
●
Class; kind.
●
In Grammar:
A
division
of
nouns
and
pronouns
(and sometimes of other
parts of speech
) into
masculine
or
feminine
, and sometimes other
categories
like
neuter
or common, and
animate
or inanimate.
●
Sex (a
category
, either
male
or
female
, into which
sex
ually-reproducing
organisms
are
divided
on the basis of
their
reproductive
roles
in their species).
●
Identification as a
man
, a
woman
, or
something else
, and
association
with a (social) role or set of
behavioral
and
cultural
traits
,
clothing
, etc; a
category
to which a person
belongs
on this
basis
. (Compare
gender role
,
gender
identity.)
●
In Grammar:
Synonym of
voice
(“particular way of
inflecting
or
conjugating
verbs”)
●
The quality which
distinguishes
connectors
, which may be
male
(fitting into another
connector
) and
female
(having another
connector
fit into
it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of
fitting
together with
another
connector
of the same type).
●
An Indonesian
musical instrument
resembling
a
xylophone
, used in
gamelan
music.
Verb
●
In Sociology:
To
assign
a
gender
to (a person); to
perceive
as having a
gender
; to
address
using terms (pronouns,
nouns
,
adjectives
...) that
express
a certain
gender
.
●
In Sociology:
To
perceive
(a
thing
) as having
characteristics
associated with a certain
gender
, or as having been
authored
by someone
of a certain
gender
.
●
To engender.
●
To breed.
Adj
●
In LGBT:
Evoking
indescribable
feelings
regarding
gender.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
gender
English
gendren
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Genre
Voice
Gendersex
G.
GendèR
Sex
Biological Sex
Related
Sexuality
Ethnicity
Female
Race
Identity
Nationality
Feminism
Age
Religion
Masculinity
Language
Sexism
Caste
Disability
Culture
Women
Equality
Personality
Woman
Marriage
Stereotypes
Sexes
Discrimination
Employment
Classroom
Demographic
Femininity
Systemic
Feminine
Racial
Workplace
Stereotype
Men
Character
Patriarchal
Male
Privilege
Society
Role
Diversity
Genitalia
Maleness
Adult
Status
Sexual Preference
Sexual Orientation
Skin Colour
Social Class
Marital Status
Skin Color
Climate Change
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Rhymes
Ender
Vender
Bender
Vendor
Gender
Tender
Render
Slender
Prender
Amender
Emender
Intender
Ascender
Offender
Engender
Attender
Depender
Defender
Splendor
Contender
Surrender
Descender
Commender
Pretender
Suspender
Reoffender
Befriender
Recommender
Apprehender
Transgender
Comprehender
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