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gendered

/ˈdʒɛndərd/ /ˈdʒɛndəd/

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verb

To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

Examples :

"The toy store often gendered its products, displaying pink dolls in one aisle and blue trucks in another. "

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verb

To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

Examples :

"The toy aisle is often gendered, with pink dolls on one side and blue trucks on the other. "

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verb

Examples :

"The toy company gendered its advertising campaign by showing trucks and building blocks mostly to boys and dolls and tea sets mostly to girls. "

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verb

Examples :

"The farmer carefully gendered his prize-winning cattle to improve the herd's milk production. "

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adjective

(of a language) Having grammatical gender.

Examples :

"Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine."

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adjective

Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.

Examples :

"His clothes were highly gendered."

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adjective

Divided by gender.

Examples :

"In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles."

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