See Also: Gender(medicine)
gender(encyclopedia)
gender gap(encyclopedia)
gender(2)(dictionary)
gender(1)(dictionary)
Gender(health)
gender(dictionary)
Gender crosscoding(health)
gender-specific(dictionary)
gender bias(dictionary)

subfusc (iou) and gender (oh)


subfusc (iou)



subfusc noun & adjective. Also (now rare) subfusk. E18.
[Latin subfuscus, formed as SUB- + FUSK.]
A. noun. Dark or dusky colour, gloom. Also, formal academic dress (dark in colour) as worn at some universities. E18.
J. Carey At Oxford you wear subfusc for exams.
b. adjective. Dark, dusky, dull; gloomy, sombre, subdued. M18.
P. Fleming A kind of stringy, dowdy pheasant with subfusc plumage. Punch With such an unexhilarating cast-list you'd expect a muted, subfusc drama.
sub'fuscous adjective (rare) = SUBFUSC adjective M18.

gender (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: gendre, from Latin genus; GENUS]
[U and C] the fact of being male or female
::people of the same gender
::Discrimination on grounds of race or gender is forbidden.
:: There may be gender differences in attitudes to paid work.
::traditional gender roles
:: gender biases in books
:: toys that do not reinforce gender stereotypes
::a science Fiction story dealing with gender issues
[C] males or females, considered as a group
::differences between the genders
a) [U] the system in some Languages of marking words such as nouns, adjectives, and pronouns as being masculine, feminine, or neuter
b) [C] a group such as feminine into which words are divided in this system
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
gender differences/distinctions (=differences between men and women)
gender roles
gender inequality/bias (=when one gender is treated more fairly than another)
gender relations
gender stereotype (=a fixed idea of what men or women are like)
gender Politics (=the way that men and women compete with each Other for power)
gender issues (=ideas and problems related to being male or female in society)
gender identity (=whether someone is male or female)