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gender role

gender role noun: a set of expected behaviours and attitudes associated with a specific gender.

Noun

gender role (plural gender roles)

  1. A set of expected behaviours and attitudes associated with a specific gender.
    • Gender roles are indistinct among the young if the two sexes play together frequently.

gender role meaning in Tamil

gender role in Tamil

பாலினப் பாத்திரம்

Forms of gender role

pluralgender roles
alternative formgender-role

Origin of gender role

Coined by New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist, and college professor John Money.

Questions about gender role

What does gender role mean?
Gender role means a set of expected behaviours and attitudes associated with a specific gender.
What is gender role in Tamil?
Gender role in Tamil is பாலினப் பாத்திரம். See Gender role meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gender role?
Gender role is a noun.
What is the plural of gender role?
The plural of gender role is gender roles.

Words near gender role in the dictionary

  1. gender recognition
  2. gender recognition certificate
  3. gender recognitions
  4. gender reveal
  5. gender reveals
  6. gender role
  7. gender roles
  8. gender star
  9. gender stars
  10. gender studies
  11. gender swap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gender role (page history and authors); gender role (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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