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engendered

/ɪnˈdʒɛndərd/ /ɛnˈdʒɛndərd/

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verb

To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).

Examples :

"The long hours and stressful deadlines engendered a sense of burnout among the employees. "

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To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).

Examples :

"The heavy rain engendered a large number of mosquitoes in the stagnant puddles. "

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To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.

Examples :

"The lack of communication engendered distrust among the team members. "

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To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

Examples :

"The long hours at work engendered a feeling of exhaustion. "

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To copulate, to have sex.

Examples :

"The couple engendered a child last year. "

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(critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

Examples :

"The toy company's marketing, which heavily featured only girls playing with dolls and only boys playing with trucks, unintentionally engendered gender stereotypes among children. "

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