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degenderise

degenderise is the alternative form of degenderize.

Meaning of degenderize

Verb

degenderize (third-person singular simple present degenderizes, present participle degenderizing, simple past and past participle degenderized)

  1. (transitive) To remove gender from.
    • At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language.1983 December 3, Warren Blumenfeld, “Am Tikva”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 7

Forms of degenderise

third-person singular presentdegenderises
present participledegenderising
past participledegenderised
pastdegenderised

Origin of degenderise

From de- + genderise.

Questions about degenderise

What is degenderise the alternative form of?
Degenderise is the alternative form of degenderize.

Words near degenderise in the dictionary

  1. degen
  2. degender
  3. degendered
  4. degendering
  5. degenderisation
  6. degenderise
  7. degenderised
  8. degenderises
  9. degenderising
  10. degenderization
  11. degenderize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: degenderise (page history and authors); degenderize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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