Degender
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Degender is a verb meaning (intransitive, obsolete) To degenerate.
Meaning
(intransitive, obsolete) To degenerate.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To strip of gender; to make genderless or gender-neutral.
- (transitive) To refer to (someone) with terms that avoid mentioning their gender, such as calling a woman "they" or using "my partner" to refer to one's girlfriend.
Example Sentences
And if then thoſe may any vvorſe be red, / They into that ere long will be degendered.
It follows that a degendering strategy, an attempt to dismantle hegemonic masculinity, is unavoidable[…]
Word Forms
- degenders
- degendering
- degendered
- degener
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include degener, degenderize, degenderise, degenitalize, disgrade, ungender.
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