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cogender

cogender adjective: comprising more than one gender; having both male and female members.

Adjective

cogender (not comparable)

  1. Comprising more than one gender; having both male and female members.
    • The other two were cogender organizations; although the groups' constituencies consisted of Latino men and women, their approach, politics, and style of work were completely different.1998, Andrés Torres, José Emiliano Velázquez, The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora, page 307

Origin of cogender

From co- + gender.

Questions about cogender

What does cogender mean?
Cogender means comprising more than one gender; having both male and female members.
What part of speech is cogender?
Cogender is an adjective.

Words near cogender in the dictionary

  1. cogen
  2. cogence
  3. cogences
  4. cogencies
  5. cogency
  6. cogender
  7. cogener
  8. cogenerate
  9. cogenerated
  10. cogenerates
  11. cogenerating

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