gender

CEFRB1

/ˈd͡ʒɛndə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The social identity of being male, female, or another identity.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)

Examples

  • Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.

  • She wrote on gender bias in science.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ɡənˈdɛː(r)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Sex (a category, either male or female, into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).

  2. Class; kind.

  3. A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.

More examples

In context

  • The survey asked respondents to state their gender.

  • The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, gender, and other factors.

  • the gene is activated in both genders

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun.