gendered
English
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editgendered
- simple past and past participle of gender (“assign gender to”)
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of gender (“engender”)
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, page 11:
- "...or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors, Urnes, Coins, and Sculls in the ground...
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, page 11:
Adjective
editgendered (comparative more gendered, superlative most gendered)
- (linguistics, of a language) Having grammatical gender.
- Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine.
- Having attributes associated with gender.
- 1996, Pat Kirkham, The Gendered Object, page 103:
- Not surprisingly this differentiation of children by means of gendered clothing both reflects and reinforces traditional gender representations and identities already dominant within our contemporary society.
- Divided by gender.
- In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.