genderize

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verb

To bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.

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Meanings

verbgenderize (third-person singular simple present genderizes, present participle genderizing, simple past and past participle genderized)

present singular third person genderizes · participle present genderizing · participle past genderized · past genderized · alternative genderise

  1. transitiveTo bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.

    By genderizing words, society makes sex-discrimination a requirement. Thus, when one sex is stipulated, the other is excluded.

    1981 April 4, Signe A. Dayhoff, “Sexist Language: You Become Your Label”, in Gay Community News, page 9
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    Yet the implications of implicitly genderizing ethical positions in these particular plays may be even more far reaching than it appears on the surface.

    2002, Helene P Foley, Female Acts in Greek Tragedy

Origin

From gender + -ize.

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Translations

Finnish sukupuolittaa
  • sukupuolittaato bestow gender upon
Polish przypisywać płeć, przypisać płeć
  • przypisywać płećto bestow gender upon
  • przypisać płećto bestow gender upon

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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