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gender-neutralize

gender-neutralize verb: to render (something) gender-neutral.

Verb

gender-neutralize (third-person singular simple present gender-neutralizes, present participle gender-neutralizing, simple past and past participle gender-neutralized)

  1. (transitive) To render (something) gender-neutral.
    • J.K. Rowling, among the most notable women to have gender-neutralized their names, is part of a very long tradition that includes the Bronte sisters (aka, the Bell Brothers), Louisa May Alcott (B.A. Evans),[…].2015 October 8, Soraya Chemaly, “Today's Nobel Prize in Literature is a Win for Humanity”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 May 2023
    • If we're going to gender-neutralize some parts of English, why don't we just gender-neutralize everything?2024, Luvell Anderson, Ernie Lepore, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of Language, page 313

Forms of gender-neutralize

third-person singular presentgender-neutralizes
present participlegender-neutralizing
past participlegender-neutralized
pastgender-neutralized

Origin of gender-neutralize

From gender-neutral + -ize.

Questions about gender-neutralize

What does gender-neutralize mean?
Gender-neutralize means to render (something) gender-neutral.
What part of speech is gender-neutralize?
Gender-neutralize is a verb.
What is the past tense of gender-neutralize?
The past tense of gender-neutralize is gender-neutralized.

Words near gender-neutralize in the dictionary

  1. gender-fluid
  2. gender-free
  3. gender-inclusive
  4. gender-neutral
  5. gender-neutrality
  6. gender-neutralize
  7. gender-neutralized
  8. gender-neutralizes
  9. gender-neutralizing
  10. gender-neutrally
  11. gender-nonconforming

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