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degenderize

degenderize verb: to remove gender from.

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
    • I have tried to degenderize the narrative and dispose of unneeded words.2003, Robert Marshall Utley, The Indian Frontier, 1846-1890, page xviii

Antonyms of degenderize

Forms of degenderize

third-person singular presentdegenderizes
present participledegenderizing
past participledegenderized
pastdegenderized
alternative formdegenderise

Origin of degenderize

From de- + gender + -ize.

Questions about degenderize

What does degenderize mean?
Degenderize means to remove gender from.
What part of speech is degenderize?
Degenderize is a verb.
What is the past tense of degenderize?
The past tense of degenderize is degenderized.

Words near degenderize in the dictionary

  1. degenderise
  2. degenderised
  3. degenderises
  4. degenderising
  5. degenderization
  6. degenderize
  7. degenderized
  8. degenderizes
  9. degenderizing
  10. degenders
  11. degener

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