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)

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)