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gender swap

gender swap is the alternative form of genderswap.

Meaning of genderswap

Noun

genderswap (plural genderswaps)

  1. (slang) An instance of changing a fictional character's biological sex or gender identity from the canonical norm.
    • The problem is exactly the one you have stated: many people would not be comfortable with a sudden genderswap in the Doctor, when the possibility has not even been hinted at in the past.1996 July 4, Bill Billingsley, “Re: Sci-Fi Gender Role Reversal was Re: 9th Doctor”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    genderbend, Rule 63

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Forms of gender swap

pluralgender swaps

Questions about gender swap

What is gender swap the alternative form of?
Gender swap is the alternative form of genderswap.

Words near gender swap in the dictionary

  1. gender role
  2. gender roles
  3. gender star
  4. gender stars
  5. gender studies
  6. gender swap
  7. gender swaps
  8. gender theory
  9. gender transition
  10. gender transitions
  11. gender vague

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gender swap (page history and authors); genderswap (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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