gender
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈd͡ʒɛndə/]
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Senses
1. gender (noun) — sense 1
Definition: Class; kind.
Example: […]plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many[…]
2. gender (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Sex (a category, either male or female, into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).
Example: the gene is activated in both genders
3. gender (noun) — sense 3
Definition: 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.)
Example: I am a cross-dresser by pleasure and inclination, a transgenderal person. To me for human beings to express themselves along gender lines is a wonderful and uniquely human phenomena.
4. gender (verb) — sense 4
Definition: 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.
Example: In an interview, he even noted that he "dressed, acted and thought like a man" for years, but his coworkers continued to gender him as female (Shaver 1995, 2).
5. gender (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
Example: At the same time, however, the convictions they held about how a woman or man might write led them to interpret their findings in a rather androcentric fashion, and to gender the text accordingly.
6. gender (adj) — sense 6
Definition: Evoking positive feelings regarding gender, like gender euphoria or gender envy.
Example: This outfit I'm wearing feels gender as hell. It's incredible that I get to look this hot.
Structure of the word
Roots:- ǵenh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)
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