Gender-free

Quick meaning: Gender-free is an adjective meaning Of a person, agender, being neither male nor female nor any third gender; free of gender.

Meaning

Of a person, agender, being neither male nor female nor any third gender; free of gender.

More Meanings

1. Of a word, object, etc., acceptable for or available to any gender.
2. (gradable) Of a society, which does not define people on the basis of gender; in which gender is irrelevant to people's lives and choices.

Example Sentences

I began thinking of myself as a gender-free person.

Tabyi-daw, Hiroko Kawanami observes, is a gender-free term of self-address used when speaking to monks.

Individuals holding these views challenge the existing Western binary and categorical sex-gender system, increasingly identifying as bigender, gender blender, or gender-free.

In the German, Buber often used the term Mensch, a gender-free term, which is best translated as person or human being. In contrast, the term Mann does refer to a male person.

Word Forms

• genderfree

Synonyms for gender-free

Depending on context, synonyms include genderless, agender, agendered, gender-neutral.

Antonyms for gender-free

Common opposites include gendered, gender-specific.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include agender, agendered, gender-neutral, genderneutral, ungendered, gender-vague.

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