gender-neutralize

verb

To render (something) gender-neutral.

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Meanings

verbgender-neutralize (third-person singular simple present gender-neutralizes, present participle gender-neutralizing, simple past and past participle gender-neutralized)

present singular third person gender-neutralizes · participle present gender-neutralizing · participle past gender-neutralized · past gender-neutralized

  1. transitiveTo render (something) gender-neutral.

    If we're going to gender-neutralize some parts of English, why don't we just gender-neutralize everything?

    2024, Luvell Anderson, Ernie Lepore, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of Language, page 313
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    J.K. Rowling, among the most notable women to have gender-neutralized their names, is part of a very long tradition that includes the Bronte sisters (aka, the Bell Brothers), Louisa May Alcott (B.A. Evans),[…].

    2015 October 8, Soraya Chemaly, “Today's Nobel Prize in Literature is a Win for Humanity”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 May 2023

Origin

From gender-neutral + -ize.

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APA

gender-neutralize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender-neutralize

MLA

“gender-neutralize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender-neutralize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender-neutralize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender-neutralize.

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