gender
/dʒˈɛndɝ/
Explore definitions, synonyms, and language insights of gender
Definitions
Noun
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Noun
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn''t want to know the sex of the foetus"
More Specific Terms
androgyny
bisexuality
femaleness
feminine
feminineness
hermaphroditism
maleness
masculine
masculinity
neuter