degenderize

degenderize
/dee jen"deuh ruyz'/, v.t., degenderized, degenderizing.
1. to free from any association with or dependence on gender: to degenderize employment policies.
2. to rid of unnecessary reference to gender or of prejudice toward a specific sex: to degenderize textbooks; to degenderize one's vocabulary.
Also, degender; esp. Brit., degenderise.
[DE- + GENDER + -IZE]

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Universalium. 2010.

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  • degenderize — /dee jen deuh ruyz /, v.t., degenderized, degenderizing. 1. to free from any association with or dependence on gender: to degenderize employment policies. 2. to rid of unnecessary reference to gender or of prejudice toward a specific sex: to… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • degenderized — degenderize (Amer.) v. degender, remove mention to people s gender (i.e. male, female); make gender neutral ; remove redundant reference to gender or of prejudice toward a specific sex (also degenderise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • degenderizes — degenderize (Amer.) v. degender, remove mention to people s gender (i.e. male, female); make gender neutral ; remove redundant reference to gender or of prejudice toward a specific sex (also degenderise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • degenderizing — degenderize (Amer.) v. degender, remove mention to people s gender (i.e. male, female); make gender neutral ; remove redundant reference to gender or of prejudice toward a specific sex (also degenderise) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • genderize — verb To bestow gender upon; to make male or female. Yet the implications of implicitly genderizing ethical positions in these particular plays may be even more far reaching than it appears on the surface. Ant: degenderize …   Wiktionary

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  • degenderd — v. degenderize, remove mention to people s gender (i.e. male, female); make gender neutral ; remove redundant reference to gender or of prejudice toward a specific sex …   English contemporary dictionary

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