gendered
/ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/
gendered is the simple past and past participle of gender.
Adjective
gendered (comparative more gendered, superlative most gendered)
- Having grammatical gender.
- Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine.
- Having attributes associated with gender.
- Not surprisingly this differentiation of children by means of gendered clothing both reflects and reinforces traditional gender representations and identities already dominant within our contemporary society.1996, Pat Kirkham, The Gendered Object, page 103
- Divided by gender.
- In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.
Meaning of gender
Verb (1)
gender (third-person singular simple present genders, present participle gendering, simple past and past participle gendered)
- To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
- In an interview, he even noted that he "dressed, acted and thought like a man" for years, but his coworkers continued to gender him as female (Shaver 1995, 2).2011, Kristen Schilt, Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality, page 147
- To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
- At the same time, however, the convictions they held about how a woman or man might write led them to interpret their findings in a rather androcentric fashion, and to gender the text accordingly.1996, Athalya Brenner, A Feminist Companion to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament, page 191
Verb (2)
gender (third-person singular simple present genders, present participle gendering, simple past and past participle gendered)
- To engender.
- […] Abraham had two ſonnes, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman, was borne after the fleſh: but hee of the freewoman, was by promiſe. Which things are an Allegorie; for theſe are the two Couenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 4:22–24 and 26, signature [S4], verso, column 2
- To breed.
- Yee ſhall keepe my Statutes: Thou ſhalt not let thy cattel gender with a diuerſe kinde: Thou ſhalt not ſowe thy field with mingled ſeed: Neither ſhall a garment mingled of linnen and woollen come vpon thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:19, signature [L5], recto, column 2
Synonyms of gendered
Antonyms
Forms of gendered
| comparative | more gendered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gendered |
Words formed from gendered
Phrases with gendered
Words that rhyme with gendered
Questions about gendered
- What does gendered mean?
- Gendered means having grammatical gender.
- What is gendered the simple past and past participle of?
- Gendered is the simple past and past participle of gender.
- What part of speech is gendered?
- Gendered is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gendered?
- Gendered is pronounced /ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/.
Words near gendered in the dictionary
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