genderplay

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noun

Transgression against traditional gender roles.

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Meanings

noungenderplay (uncountable)
  1. uncountableTransgression against traditional gender roles.

    Given the pop star's tendency towards self-aestheticization, I think there is an argument to be made for genderplay and its close interconnection with homosociality as a performative strategy.

    2009, Stan Hawkins, The British Pop Dandy: Masculinity, Popular Music and Culture, page 85

Origin

From gender + play.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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