degenderize en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + gender + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove gender from.
At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language.
1983 December 3, Warren Blumenfeld, “Am Tikva”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 7:I have tried to degenderize the narrative and dispose of unneeded words.
2003, Robert Marshall Utley, The Indian Frontier, 1846-1890, page xviii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| degenderized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| degenderized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| degenderizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| degenderizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| degenderise | alternative | lexicographic |