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genderise

genderise is the alternative form of genderize.

Meaning of genderize

Verb

genderize (third-person singular simple present genderizes, present participle genderizing, simple past and past participle genderized)

  1. (transitive) To bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.
    • By genderizing words, society makes sex-discrimination a requirement. Thus, when one sex is stipulated, the other is excluded.1981 April 4, Signe A. Dayhoff, “Sexist Language: You Become Your Label”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Forms of genderise

third-person singular presentgenderises
present participlegenderising
past participlegenderised
pastgenderised

Words formed from genderise

Questions about genderise

What is genderise the alternative form of?
Genderise is the alternative form of genderize.

Words near genderise in the dictionary

  1. genderific
  2. gendering
  3. genderings
  4. genderisation
  5. genderisations
  6. genderise
  7. genderised
  8. genderises
  9. genderising
  10. genderism
  11. genderisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genderise (page history and authors); genderize (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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