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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

genderize en · VERB

Etymology

From gender + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.
    • 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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
genderizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
genderized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
genderized Tense=Past lexicographic
genderise alternative lexicographic
genderizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

overgenderize · regenderize · degenderize

Translations (3)

pl przypisać płeć (to bestow gender upon) · fi sukupuolittaa (to bestow gender upon) · pl przypisywać płeć (to bestow gender upon)