Misgender
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misgender is a verb meaning (transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally.
Meaning
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally.
More Meanings
- (transitive, grammar) To use the wrong grammatical gender with a word.
Example Sentences
Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
With a few notable exceptions[…]reports from the mainstream press willfully misgendered Manning while reporting this news.
Socially empowering bots are out there. For instance, @she_not_he is “a bot politely correcting Twitter users who misgender Caitlyn Jenner.”
Such assumptions can motivate expressions of cisgenderism such as retroactive misgendering (in which a person's past is described using language that disregards or contrasts with their current designation of their gender) […]
Word Forms
- misgenders
- misgendering
- misgendered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mispronoun, missex, misnomer, misname, misgroup, misrefer.
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