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degender en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Latin dēgenerāre.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To degenerate.
    • And if then thoſe may any vvorſe be red, / They into that ere long will be degendered. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Prologue”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 184:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
degendering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
degener alternative lexicographic
degendered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
degendered Tense=Past lexicographic
ungender alternative lexicographic
degenders Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

degender en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From de- + gender.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To strip of gender; to make genderless or gender-neutral.
    • It follows that a degendering strategy, an attempt to dismantle hegemonic masculinity, is unavoidable[…] 2005, R. W. Connell, Masculinities, page 232:
  2. (transitive) To refer to (someone) with terms that avoid mentioning their gender, such as calling a woman "they" or using "my partner" to refer to one's girlfriend.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
degenders Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
degendering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
degendered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
degendered Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

misgender

Relateds

ungender