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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

male as norm en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The principle that holds that grammatical and lexical devices such as the use of the feminine suffix -ess and the use of man to mean human strengthen the perceptions that the male category is the norm, and that corresponding female categories are thus less important.