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gender-specific

gender-specific adjective: referring to a word or expression that refers to one gender only.

Adjective

gender-specific (comparative more gender-specific, superlative most gender-specific)

  1. Referring to a word or expression that refers to one gender only.
    • It says the Rule Book term 'pilotman' "has recently been raised as an issue as it is gender-specific", and that it is "developing a proposal to replace it using gender neutral language".2022 April 20, “Network News: RSSB to explore new terms to replace 'pilotman'”, in RAIL, number 955, page 16

Antonyms of gender-specific

Forms of gender-specific

comparativemore gender-specific
superlativemost gender-specific

Words formed from gender-specific

Questions about gender-specific

What does gender-specific mean?
Gender-specific means referring to a word or expression that refers to one gender only.
What part of speech is gender-specific?
Gender-specific is an adjective.

Words near gender-specific in the dictionary

  1. gender-neutralizing
  2. gender-neutrally
  3. gender-nonconforming
  4. gender-role
  5. gender-safe
  6. gender-specific
  7. gender-specifically
  8. gender-swapping
  9. gender-vague
  10. genderable
  11. genderal

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